Pallid Dotted-blue, Male Emergence-  Euphilotes pallescens pallescens
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Male #2 Eclosure
Just after eclosure

male after emerging from pupa

male after emerging from pupa

emerging from pupa

male pallescens eclosure

male after eclosure


Male #3 Eclosure
Male #3 after eclosure

male just after eclosure

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 7.  of male #2 after emerging  from pupa November 03, 2006 between 11:56 A.M. to 12:19 P.M.  Canon 20D, 100mm macro lens, F16, ISO 200, shutter speed 1/250, flash +1 1/3 -
©Nicky Davis

Photos 8. and 9.  of male #3 after emerging from pupa November 09, 2006 - 10:02 A.M. Canon 20D, 100mm macro lens, F16, ISO 200, shutter speed 1/250, flash +2/3 ©Les Davis
 

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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