Home - Butterflies - Swallowtails - Whites and Sulphurs - Coppers, Hairstreaks, Blues & Metalmarks - Brushfoots - Skippers
Photo & Other Details Characteristics & Utah Range Map
Scroll down for all photos of PUPAE. For other photos and information, click on your choice of
MALE FEMALE MALE EMERGENCE FEMALE EMERGENCE LARVA SPECIMEN
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Walked off the host plant and formed a Pre-Pupa on August 7, 2008
Pupa Development
Pupa formed on August 9th
#6
Pupa right after forming on
August 11th |
#6
Pupa right after forming on
August 9th |
#1 Male Pupa formed on August 9th  |
#1 Male Pupa formed on August 9th  |
#1 Male Pupa at 7:45 A.M. August 17th, 4 hrs. 50 min. before adult emerged  |
#1 Male Pupa at 7:45 A.M. August 17th, 4 hrs. 50 min. before adult emerged  |
#1 Male Pupa, August 17th, 50 min. before adult emerged  |
#1 Male Pupa, August 17th, 1 hour before adult emerged  |
| Photo
Details - ©Nicky Davis Todd Stout located females July 12, 2008, .4 miles SW Bountiful Peak, west side of Wasatch Mountains, Davis County, Utah elevation 8900 feet Ova Oviposited August 15, 2008 and hatched in about five days. Larva Photos of larvae at each instar and pre-pupa. New fourth instars were about 1/2" long. They changed from blue-green to a yellowish color at the pre-pupa stage. Pupa Adult emerged after about 8 days. Host For photos of host plant, click on Parsnipflower Buckwheat, Eriogonum heracleoides Back to Top |