Rocky Mountain Dotted-Blue - Euphilotes ancilla - Female Emerging
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#5 Female Emerged 8 August 2010
female just after emerging

Inflating wings
inflalting wings

Inflating  Wings
inflating wings

inflating wings

Drying Wings
Drying Wings









PHOTO AND OTHER DETAILS - ©Nicky Davis
Females located by Todd Stout 22 June 2010 in Farmington Canyon, West side of the Wasatch Mountains, 1.3 miles NNE of the city of Farmington, Davis County, Utah.  Elevation  5300 feet.

TIME SPENT AS:
Ova:  4 days
Larvae:  23 - 24 days - Feed on Flowers
Pupae:  13 to 15 days
Adults:  unknown
Brood or Flight: One
Overwinter as Pupa

HOST PLANT
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Parsnipflower Buckwheat - Eriogonum heracleoides

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