Harford's Sulphur
Colias harfordi
Larva silking a Spot to Pupate

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#1 Larva Silking a Spot to Pupate - 8:44 A.M. May 23, 2009
spinning

spinning

spinning

silking

silking

silking

silking

pre-pupa

Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis

Females collected by Jack Levy April 20, 2009, 14.3 miles east of highway 33, Quatal Wash, Ventura County, California

# 1 female larva began silking 
8:44 A.M. and was finished by  9:10 A.M. May 23, 2009.  By the next morning she had changed color and  was well on her way to changing into a pupa.


Host Plant
Mountain Goldenpea==Mountain Goldenbanner==False Lupine, Thermopsis montana

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