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Adult just after
emerging from pupa |
Adult
just after
emerging from pupa |
Adult inflating wings  |
Adult inflating wings  |
Adult inflating wings  |
Adult inflating wings  |
Adult inflating wings  |
Adult inflating wings  |
Adult turned right side up, still inflating wings  |
Adult turned right side up, still inflating wings  |
| PHOTO DETAILS - ©Nicky Davis LOCATION: Female located by Jack Harry at Iqaluit, Nunavut Territory, Canada, July 2009 lat 63.76, lon -68.52 ELEVATION: 278 feet Butterfly eclosed 5:24 P.M. 21 August 2009. It seemed to like hanging upside down on the twig. LARVAL HOST PLANTS, I fed them Rumex crispus. For photos, click on your choice of Mountain sorrel, Alpine Sorrel, Oxyria digyna (pronounced ox-ear-ee-ah dih-'guy-nah) Curly dock, Rumex crispus (pronounced 'roo (as in boo) - meks KRIS-pus LIFE HISTORY: Ovum: unknown, these were chilled to keep them from hatching too soon. Larva: 14 to 19 days including the pre pupa stage Pupa: 6-7 days Adult: unknown Broods: 1 brood for this ssp. but several in other ssp. in different locations depending on hours of sunlight and temperature determining availability of host plants. per "Butterflies of North America" James A. Scott. Hibernation: Over winter as half grown larvae per "Butterflies of North America" James A. Scott. Back to Top |