Larvae comparison between C.e.popei, C.e.ensicauda

[TJ]

(C.e.e on left. C.e.p on right)

 

[john]

Now that's bizarre - how long out of the egg are they and how big are they?

 

[TJ]

John, I'm pretty sure these all emerged over the last several days. I have quite a lot -- at all different stages of development -- and I really haven't been all that observant so can't say for sure. But the ones in the above pic are the smallest, being just over 1 cm long.

Here are a couple of enlarged pics of the same:

(C.e.e on left, C.e.p on right)

 

[TJ]

Actually, I should revise that to say it's the C.e.e in the groups I'm comparing here that are at all different stages of development. Most of my new popei hatchlings are around the same size: