Hoary Elfin
Callophrys  polios obscura
Male Eclosure

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Male just after Emerging
Shows Male Scent Patch on Wings

emerging male


Inflating Wings
male inflating wings


Inflating Wings
inflating wings


Drying Wings
drying wings


Close-up of Wing Pattern
wing pattern





PHOTO AND OTHER DETAILS - ©Nicky Davis
Female ex. 8 May 2012 - Deer Creek, Four miles east of Missoula, , Missoula County , Montana, USA - Steve Kohler
Elevation 3100 feet

Oviposited 11 May 2012
Hatched 16 May 2012

TIME SPENT AS:
Ovum:   Five Days as ovum - Laid 11 May 2012
Larva:   Twenty-five days total as a larva - Hatched 16 May 2012
6 days as first instar
Molted to second instar 22 May or 6 days after hatching - 5 mm long
4 days as second instar
Molted to third instar 26 May , 10 days after hatching
5 days as third instar
27 May the third instar measured 6 mm long
28 May the third instar measured 8 mm long
31 May molted to fourth instar at 1 P.M.
9 days as fourth instar
2 June 13 mm long        
Prepupa -  9 June 2012 - 4:20 P.M.
1 day as prepupa
Pupa - 10 June 2012 - 3 P.M. - 9 mm long
Pupa: overwinter as pupae
Adults: unknown

BROOD OR FLIGHT:
One
Flight

Larvae feed on  Bearberry - Kinnikinnick - Arctostaphylos uva-ursi



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