Orange Sulphur, Adult  Male Emergence - Colias eurytheme

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ADULT MALE          IMMATURES     SPECIMEN

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Male eclosed  June 04, 2007
just emerged from pupa

male emerging

inflating wings

inflating wings

inflating wings





Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis
Female collected at a Grantsville alfalfa field, Tooele County, Utah - May 2007 - by Nicky Davis

Photos of adult male emerging from pupa

Ova laid  May 9, 2007 ( 4 days to eclosure)
1st instar eclosed May 13th  (larva fed for 15 days)
Pupa formed  May 28th and  adult eclosed June 4, 2007 (Individual was a pupa for 7 days)

Host
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Alfalfa, reared on Alfalfa

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