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We measured development at 25 and 30 \u00b0C under solitary rearing, solitary rearing with photographic monitoring, and cohort rearing. Developmental time was significantly shorter under cohort than solitary rearing. Solitary-reared males and females required 219.8 \u00b1 1.45 and 225.0 \u00b1 2.07 d at 25 \u00b0C and 181.5 \u00b1 2.51 and 190.2 \u00b1 2.13 d at 30 \u00b0C, respectively. Cohort-reared males and females required 120.2 \u00b1 7.43 and 112.4 \u00b1 9.20 d at 25 \u00b0C and 76.5 \u00b1 2.66 and 77.6 \u00b1 1.30 d at 30 \u00b0C. Across the two solitary-rearing experiments, individuals completed 7\u201311 instars. Morphometric measurements increased across instars but overlapped among late instars, making it an unreliable trait to use to determine instar. Degree-day accumulation was consistent across temperatures under cohort rearing but not under solitary rearing. Because the rearing protocols differed in housing, handling, monitoring, and incubator conditions, the difference cannot be attributed solely to social contact. 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