Common  Checkered - Skipper, Specimen -   Hesperiidae  Pyrginae  Pyrgus communis

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Specimen Plates

Male Upperside
male upperside
Female Upperside
Female Upperside

Male Underside
Male Underside

Female Underside
Female Underside


Specimen
Male Upperside
Large photo of male upperside

Male Underside
Male underside

Female Upperside 
Female Upperside

Female Underside 
Female Underside

Photo Details ©Nicky Davis
Les & Nicky Davis  found one larva and three  ova  May 17, 2007 along Utah Highway 111, 1/2 mile North of the Coppermine entrance, Salt Lake County, Utah on Apricot Mallow==Sphaeralcea ambigua ambigua. 
GPS N. 40.31.55.71, W. 112.04.51
Elevation 5283 feet.

Specimen were pinned by Jacque Wolfe

Adult Male -  inflating wings after eclosing from pupa on June 25, 2007

Pupa  -The pupa stage lasted about 10 days.

Larva  - These fed as larvae for about 28 to 31 days.  The species hibernates as a last instar.  However, these were kept in 24x7 light and went straight to a pupa rather than hibernating.

Nest - Pyrgus communis build a nest by silking leaves together or by silking the edges of one leaf together.  These didn't nest together

Ova on May 17, 2007

Other
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APRICOT GLOBEMALLOW    or   HOLLYHOCK

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