Western Tailed-Blue, Male - Cupido amyntula
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ADULT FEMALE      IMMATURES          MALE EMERGENCE         FEMALE EMERGENCE       SPECIMEN
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Male from pupa #2  just  after eclosure

Male #2

Male from pupa #3 just  after eclosure
Adult male from pupa #3

Males puddling - Butterfly Canyon
dorsal view of male mud puddling

ventral view of male mud puddling

Male -Everes amyntula puddling



ventral view

Worn Individual - Butterfly Canyon
Western tailed Blue

Worn Individual - Butterfly Canyon
Western Tailed-Blue - Everes amyntula



Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis
1.  May 17, 2007 - Male puddling -Dorsal View -  Butterfield Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah
2.  May 17, 2007 - Male puddling - Ventral View - Butterfield Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah
 3. May 26, 2006 - Male puddling at creek -  Butterfield Canyon, Salt lake County, Utah
4., 5 .  May 25, 2006 - Male ventral -  Butterfield Canyon, Salt lake County, Utah
6. May 26, 2006  - Worn individual   - Butterfield Canyon, Salt lake County, Utah

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#2 Male
 Ovum
#2 egg hatched in 4 days

Larva
#2 larva fed for 23 days

Pupa
#2 pupa eclosed after 9 days
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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
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Host
Milk vetches and other legumes. for photos, click on your choice of

Utah Sweetvetch, Hedysarum boreale
Astragalus cicer

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