Figure 1. Immature stages of Falga jeconia ombra at Yanayacu Biological Station, Napo Province, 2100 m, Ecuador: a) complete clutch of hatched eggs showing variation in the amount of chorion eaten by emerging larvae; b) lateral view of two eggs; c) recently hatched first instar which has already begun to feed; d) first instar, prior to feeding, beginning to construct its shelter at the edge of a bamboo leaf; e) late first instar, showing the change in general body shape from earlier in instar; f) close up of fourth instar head; g) detail of fourth instar head; h) dorsal view of mid-fourth instar; g) lateral view of mid-fifth instar, note faint brown markings laterally on the head.
