Harford's Sulphur -  Larva silking a Spot to Pupate - Colias harfordi
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FEMALE     FEMALE EMERGING   MALE EMERGING      LARVA    PUPA     SPECIMEN

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#1 Larva Silking a Spot to Pupate - 8:44 A.M. May 23, 2009
silking in

silking a spot to pupate

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9:10 A.M.  May 23, 2009
silking

9:19 A.M.  May 24, 2009
pre-pupa


Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis
Females collected by Jack Levy April 20, 2009, 14.3 miles east of highway 33, Quatal Wash, Ventura County, California

# 1 female larva began silking 
8:44 A.M. and was finished by  9:10 A.M. May 23, 2009.  By the next morning she had changed color and  was well on her way to changing into a pupa.


HOST
Mountain Goldenpea==Mountain Goldenbanner==False Lupine, Thermopsis montana


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