Wild Utah Butterfly photos, Silvery Blue,Immatures, Host Plant, Specimen, Polymmatinae Glaucopsyche lygdamus oro, larva extracted July 25, 2005, elevation of 9400 feet, Bountiful Peak , Davis County, Utah by Todd Stout

Silvery Blue
Glaucopsyche lygdamus oro
Immatures, Host Plant, Specimen

Larva

Pupa Development
Female butterfly emerged 5:26 P.M. on February 11, 2007

Photo on February 5, 2007 Brought from winter to spring conditions February 4, 2007

8:05 A.M. February 11, 2007

5:17 P.M. February 11, 2007 Female eclosed at 5:26 P.M. February 11, 2007

Pupa Development
G. lygdamus oro pupa 1, March 5, 2006 9:21 A.M.

G. lygdamus oro pupa 1 - March 6, 2006 at 10:45 A.M.

G. lygdamus oro pupa 1 - March 7, 2006 - 9:52 A.M.

G. lygdamus oro pupa 1, 03-08-06 at8:36 A.M.

Host Plants

Hedysarum boreale
©Todd Stout
Silver Blue host plant, hedysarum boreale

Lupines
©Todd Stout
lupine, silvery blue host plant

Photos ©Nicky Davis
Larva Development
On July 27, 2006, Todd Stout collected this last instar larva ( which was on a Lupine plant) along the Francis Peak Road, West side of the Wasatch Range, Davis County, Utah
Photos were taken July 29, 2006.
1. Side view
2. Dorsal view

Pupa Development
Pupa, 1 August, 2006
Located by Todd Stout August 15, 2006, at West Bountiful Peak, Davis County, Utah.

Pupa 1- July 2005
Todd Stout collected this larva July 25, 2005 at an elevation of 9400 feet, 0 .1 miles South of Bountiful Peak on the west side of the Wasatch Mountains, Davis County, Utah by Todd Stout. Female - emerged early morning March 9, 2006.
Photo times and dates listed on the photos.
Canon D20, I00 mm lens, F20, 1/250, ISO 200, Flash 1 2/3

Host Plant

1. Hedysarum boreale
2. Lupines