Pallid Dotted-blue, Female Eclosure-  Euphilotes pallescens pallescens
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Female #5 Eclosure
breaking out of pupa shell
emerging butterfly

difficulty separating from the pupa shell

difficulty separating from the pupa shell

free from  pupa shell

wings unfolding

ventral view

wings unfolding

inflating wings
















Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis

Larvae found October 4 & 7, 2006. Between Lynndyl and Jericho Sand Dunes, Millard County, Utah
Elevation 4933 feet
North 39º 38.740 feet, West 112º 18.357 feet

Photos
1., through 9.  Female finally eclosed on December 06, 2006.  Unfolding of the wings was delayed a few minutes when the butterfly had difficulty separating from the pupa shell. First a piece of the shell was stuck to a wing, then to the end of the abdomen. 


Host Plant
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KEARNEY'S BUCKWHEAT, SYN. MONEY BUCKWHEAT - ERIOGONUM KEARNEYI==
Eriogonum nummulare

For photos of one of the parasites plaguing this pallescens population, click on
Parasites


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