Arrowhead Blue
Glaucopsyche piasus daunis
Immatures
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Larva
August
23, 2006 -
Larva "walking" off the plant
to search for a suitable spot
to pupate |
![searching for suitable spot to pupate](../../../images/butterflies_moths/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/b_larva_glaucopsyche_piasus_daunia_082306_1.jpg)
![walking off the plant to search for a proper place to pupate](../../../images/butterflies_moths/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/b_larva_glaucopsyche_piasus_daunia_082206_2.jpg)
August
22, 2006 - Active larva
feeding on lupine flower buds |
![Active larva on August 22, 2006](../../../images/butterflies_moths/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/b_larva_glaucopsyche_piasus_daunia_082206_2.jpg)
![August 22, 2006](../../../images/butterflies_moths/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/b_larva_glaucopsyche_piasus_daunia_082206_1.jpg)
Pupa
Development
February 08,
2007 |
![dorsal](../../../images/butterflies_moths/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/b_glaucopsyche_piasus_daunia_11.jpg)
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![lateral](../../../images/butterflies_moths/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/b_glaucopsyche_piasus_daunia_14.jpg)
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Pupa
photo taken on September 23, 2007,
after being set back into
winter conditions on March 15,
then back to spring conditions on August 29,
2007 |
![dorsal](../../../images/butterflies_moths/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/b_glaucopsyche_piasus_daunis_003.jpg)
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![lateral view](../../../images/butterflies_moths/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/b_glaucopsyche_piasus_daunis.jpg)
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Photos
of Pupa taken on September 24, 2007 |
![dorsal view of the larva on the day it eclosed](../../../images/butterflies_moths/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/b_glaucopsyche_piasus_daunis_1054am_sept2407_007.jpg)
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![lateral view of the larva on the day it eclosed](../../../images/butterflies_moths/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/b_glaucopsyche_piasus_daunis_1053am_sept2407_006.jpg)
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Host
Plants - Lupines ©Todd Stout
![lupine, silvery blue host plant](../../../images/plants_scenery/lupine_ts.jpg)
Photo
Detail - ©Nicky Davis
On
August 15, 2006, Todd Stout
collected larva ( which was on a Lupine plant)
at West Bountiful Peak, Davis County, Utah.
HOST
PLANTS
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