Desert Buckwheat Blue - Euphilotes pallescens emmeli - Pupae
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LARVAE      FEMALE #2 WITH TYPICAL MARKINGS EMERGING        FEMALE #3 EMERGING (EXTRA BAR MARKINGS ON WING)    MALE EMERGING    SPECIMEN 
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18 September 2011
Pupa #1
pupa
18 September 2011
Pupa #1
pupa

Pupa showing development- eye color - 3 October 2011
eye color


Pupa showing development- eye color - 3 October 2011
eye color

Pupa showing wing color on 7 October 2011
Female emerged 8 October 1:30 P.M. 2011
wing color

Pupa showing wing color
Female emerged 8 October 1:30 P.M. 2011
wing color on 7 October 2011

#2 Pupa - 2:00 A.M. 8 October 2011
#2 Pupa
#2 Pupa - 2:00 P.M. 8 October 2011
#2 pupa
#2 Pupa - 2:00 P.M. 8 October 2011
#2 pupa

#2 Pupa - 7:46 A.M. 9 October 2011
 50 minutues before adult female emerged
50 minutes before adult emerged

#2 Pupa - 7:46 A.M. 9 October 2011
 50 minutues before adult female emerged
pupa

#2 Pupa - 7:46 A.M. 9 October 2011
 50 minutues before adult female emerged
pupa

#10 Male Pupa - 6:43 A.M.  10 October 2011
12 minutes before adult male emerged
#10 male pupa

#10 Male Pupa - 6:43 A.M.  10 October 2011
12 minutes before adult male emerged
male pupa

#10 Male Pupa - 6:43 A.M.  10 October 2011
12 minutes before adult male emerged
#10 male pupa  12 minutes before emerging










Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis
Les & Nicky Davis, Jacque Wolfe and Jack Harry located larvae near Little Flat Top, Emery County, Utah - 12 September 2011

Elevation -  5025 Feet

Photos of pupae at different stages of development

Host Plant
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Sand Buckwheat - Eriogonum leptocladon

It has been  reported that this subspecies is associated with ants and many of the host plant in this area were in ant beds and the ants were all over the plant. 

Habitat
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Little Flat Top

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