Thicket Hairstreak
 Callophrys spinetorum
Male Emerging

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Male Just After Emerging From Pupa - Dark oval spots are the male scent patches 
male after emerging


Male Just After Emerging From Pupa - Inflating Wings
inflating wings


Male Just After Emerging From Pupa - Inflating Wings - Shows the male scent patch again
male inflating wings


Inflating Wings
Male inflating wings


Drying Wings
drying  wings


Close-up of Legs
legs


Face
face


Wing Pattern
wing pattern



PHOTO AND OTHER DETAILS - ©Nicky Davis
Specimen pinned by Jacque Wolfe
Reared by 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 first instar 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

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