It is the later instars which experience multiple annual periods of diapause .
This species spends the vast majority of its life as a late larval instar ; its early larval and adult stages represent only 6 % of its full life cycle .
species is the later instars which experience multiple annual periods of diapause .
This species spends the vast majority of its life as a late larval instar ; its early larval and adult stages represent only 6 % of its full life cycle .