Thicket Hairstreak  Callophrys spinetorum Female Emerging Home  -  Butterflies  - Details Immatures        Male Eclosure        Specimen

Just Emerged from pupa Inflating Wings Inflating Wings Inflating Wings Inflating Wings Drying Wings Close-up of Wing Pattern PHOTO AND OTHER DETAILS - ©Nicky Davis Jack Harry located three females nectaring on pussytoes in the Pine Valley North Wasatch Cache Group Campground, Utah on  May 31, 2012. Elevation 7540 feet 40.35.54 N. 111.6.53 W TIME SPENT AS: Ova:  Hatched in  about 4 days - Females oviposited over period of 4 days using Arceuthobium ssp. for host plant then they were taken back to Pine Valley area Larvae:  About ninteen days from the day the egg hatches until the pupa forms Pupae:  About 11 to 12 days Adults:  Unknown BROOD OR FLIGHT: 1-2 flights reported LARVAL HOST PLANT Dwarf Conifer Mistletoe - Arceuthobium spp. ADULTS WERE NECTARING ON Pussytoes - Antennaria spp. HABITAT Photo of Pine Valley North Wasatch Cache Group Campground area