Sooty Hairstreak,  Adult Female- Satyrium fuliginosum semiluna
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IMMATURES  and  HABITAT       ADULT EMERGING     SPECIMEN  
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female just after eclosure





PHOTO DETAILS - ©Nicky Davis
Guides to this location were Jack Harry and Jacque Wolfe.  Both Larvae and Pupae were found.
DATE LOCATED:  June 18, 2009
LOCATION: 1/2  mile north of Coltan Guard Station, Uintah County, Utah
GPS: N. 40.40.542, W. 109.30.949
ELEVATION: 8482 feet

PHOTOS:
Adult emerging from pupa

LARVAL HOST PLANT: 
Lupine


TIME SPENT AS:
Ova:  unknown
Pupae:  8 days
Adults:  unknown

BROOD OR FLIGHT:
One flight each year 
per  James A. Scott "The Butterflies of North America"

HIBERNATION:
Overwinter as egg  per  James A. Scott "The Butterflies of North America"

Host  Lupinus sericeus

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