Spalding's Dotted-blue, Male Emergence-  Euphilotes spaldingi
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pupa just splitting open
 butterfly's head and legs coming out

wings are now out
butterfly pushing the pupa out of it's way

walking up the plant
walking up the plant

wings still not straightened
pumping liquid into wing veins

wings are now straight and butterfly is letting them harden
butterfly is letting wings hang down and harden









Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis
Larva collected September 16, 2006, North of Gun Club on Wasatch Blvd., Salt Lake County, Utah

Canon 20D, 100mm macro lens, F16, ISO 200, shutter speed 1/250, flash +2/3
1. through  10.  Male Spaldingi emerging from pupa.

Host Plant
For photos of host plant, click on Redroot Buckwheat -  Eriogonum racemosum
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