Variable Checkerspot ssp. maria -Euphydryas anicia maria - Adult
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LARVA     PUPA   
#1 BUTTERFLY  EMERGENCE     #4 BUTTERFLY  EMERGENCE
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Butterfly from larva #1
Still drying wings - 16 June 2009 5:56 P.M.
drying wings

Butterfly from larva #1 -  20 June 2009


 Butterfly from larva #1 -  20 June 2009
#1 dorsal view

Butterfly from larva #4 - 20 June 2009


Butterfly from larva #4 - 20 June 2009


Butterfly from larva #4 - close-up of abdomen -  20 June 2009



Butterfly released at Mineral Fork Trail-23 June 2009



PHOTO DETAILS - ©Nicky Davis
LOCATION: Mineral Fork Trail, Big Cottonwood, Salt lake County, Utah
GPS:  40.38.08.15 N.,  111.46.70 W.
ELEVATION: 6774 feet

PHOTOS:
Photos of fifth instars.  The larvae that stopped feeding and were apparently back in diapause were taken back to the Mineral Fork Trail and placed on the penstemon.

#3 larva formed "J"  pending pupation on 7 June, 2009.

LIFE HISTORY:
Ovum: 
Larva:
Pupa: 9 Days
Adult:  unknown
Broods: one
Hibernation:  Overwinters as  larva

Host Plant
Wasatch Beardtongue - Penstemon cyananthus

Habitat
Mineral Fork Trail


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