Western Tailed-Blue, Male Eclosure- Cupido amyntula
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Butterfly emerging from #2 Pupa

Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis Photos of Male emerging from pupa #2 Male Ovum #2 egg hatched in 4 days Larva #2 larva fed for 23 days Pupa #2 pupa eclosed after 9 days _____________ Ovum #4 Female #4 egg hatched in 4 days Larva #4 larva fed for 51 days (she may have tried to diapause for part of this time?) Pupa #4 pupa eclosed after 8 days Host Milk vetches and other legumes. for photos, click on your choice of Utah Sweetvetch, Hedysarum boreale Astragalus cicer Back to Top