Thicket Hairstreak - Callophrys spinetorum - Immatures
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FEMALE EMERGING      MALE EMERGING     SPECIMEN

Ovum
ovum


First Instar hatched  4 June 2012,  Photo on 5 June 2012
first instar



Six day old larva  on 10 June 2012 - 3 mm
Six day old larva


#5 Second Instar on 16 June 2012 - 9 mm long - Hatched 6 June 2012
#5 second instar - 9 mm long


#1 - Third Instar - 11 mm long - 16 June 2012 - Hatched 4 June 2012
Third Instar



#1 - Third Instar - 11 mm long - 16 June 2012 - Hatched 4 June 2012
Third Instar



#5 - Fourth Instar - 20 June 2012  -  Showing different coloring
I fed this one greener shoots of mistletoe than #1 larva
Fourth Instar


#5 - Fourth Instar - 20 June 2012  -  Showing different coloring
Some of the mistletoe was a maroon color and some was mostly green.
 I fed this larva more green shoots of mistletoe than #1 larva
Fourth Instar



#1 - Fourth Instar - 13 mm long - 18 June 2012 - Hatched 4 June 2012
#1 Fourth Instar



#1 -  Fourth Instar - 13 mm long - 18 June 2012 - Hatched 4 June 2012
#1 fourth instar



Cervical Shield
cervical shield



Tail Close-up
tail close-up


#1 Changing color prior to prepupa - 20 June 2012 - 15 mm long
prior to prepupa



These Two Prepupa are different colors

#3 Prepupa
prepupa
#3 Prepupa
prepupa


#6 Prepupa
#6 prepupa

#6 Prepupa
#6 prepupa



Pupa
#1 Pupa formed on  23 June 2012 - 11 mm long
pupa
 #1 Pupa formed on  23 June 2012 - 11 mm long
pupa





Female nectaring on honey water ( 1:10 ratio) using cottonball in a small cello cup
nectaring on honey water
PHOTO AND OTHER DETAILS - ©Nicky Davis
Three females located nectaring on pussytoes in the Pine Valley North Wasatch Cache Group Campground, Utah on  May 31, 2012.
Elevation 7540 feet
40.35.54 N.
111.6.53 W

ASSOCIATED PLANTS 
Photos of caterpillar food plant   -  Dwarf Conifer Mistletoe - Arceuthobium spp.

Adults were nectaring on  -  Pussytoes - Antennaria spp.

Habitat  -  Photo of Pine Valley North Wasatch Cache Group Campground area

 TIME SPENT AS:
Ova:  Hatched in  about 4 days - Females oviposited over period of 4 days using Arceuthobium ssp. for host plant then they were taken back to Pine Valley area
Larvae:  About ninteen days from the day the egg hatches until the pupa forms
Pupae:  About 11 to 12 days
Adults:  Unknown

BROOD OR FLIGHT:
1-2 flights reported

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