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Glaucopsyche lygdamus oro
 
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Female from Pupa Number 1
Emerged March 9, 2006
Glaucopsyche lygdamus oro ventral view, 03-10-06
Female from Pupa Number 1
Emerged March 9, 2006

G. lygdamus oro on leaf
Female from Pupa Number 1
Emerged March 9, 2006

ventra l- March 12, 2006
Female from Pupa Number 1
Emerged March 9, 2006

Glaucopsyche lygdamus oro ventral
Female from Pupa Number 1
Emerged March 9, 2006

female G. lygdamus oro, 03-13-06
Female from Pupa Number 1
Emerged March 9, 2006

face & ventral 03-12-06
Female from Pupa Number 1
Emerged March 9, 2006

Likes to look in the "looking glass"

Female from Pupa Number 1
Emerged March 9, 2006

Glaucopsyche lygdamus oro face
Female from Pupa Number 1
Emerged March 9, 2006

G. lygdamus oro from rear
Female From Pupa Number 5
Emerged Maarch 14, 2006
Dorsal view of female G. lygdamus oro from pupa #5
Female from Pupa Number 1
Emerged March 9, 2006

Dorsal View - Glaucopsyche lygdamus oro from pupa 5_3-15-06
Female from Pupa Number 1
Emerged March 9, 2006

Ventral View_Female G. lygdamus oro from pupa 5
Female from Pupa Number 1
Emerged March 9, 2006

Face - Glaucopsyche lygdamus oro from pupa 5

Female from Pupa 6
March 16, 2006

Female from Pupa 6, dorsal view


Photos ©Nicky Davis

Larva was extracted 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.

Photos
Female From Pupa Number 1, Emerged March 9, 2006
1. Ventral View  -  March 10, 2006, one day after emerging  -   Canon D20, 100mm lens, ISO 200, F18, 1/250, Flash +1 2/3
2. Ventral View  -  March 10, 2006  -  Canon D20, 100mm lens, ISO 200, F20, 1/250, Flash +2
3. Ventral View -  March 12, 2006  -   Canon D20, 100mm lens, ISO 200, F16, 1/250, Flash 1 1/3
4. Ventral View  -  March 10, 2006  - Canon D20, 100mm lens, ISO 200, F18, 1/250, Flash +1 2/3
5.  Ventral View  - March 13, 2006  -  Canon D20, 100mm lens, ISO 200, F16, 1/250, Flash +1 2/3
6. Partial Ventral and Face - March 12, 2006 -  Canon D20, 100mm lens, ISO 200, F 16, 1/250, Flash +2
7. This one seems to like to look at herself in the mirror  -  March 10, 2006  - Canon D20, 100mm lens, ISO 200, F 18, 1/250, Flash +1 2/3
8.  Face  -  March 10, 2006  -  Canon D20, 100mm lens, ISO 200, F 20, 1/250, Flash +1 2/3
9.  From the rear - March 13, 2006  -   Canon D20, 100mm lens, ISO 200, F16, 1/250, Flash +1 2/3

Female From Pupa Number  5, Emerged March 14, 1006
1. Dorsal View  - She landed on the wall near lights and spread her wings for  the light and warmth -  March 15, 2006, one day after emerging from pupa.
2.  Dorsal View
3. Ventral View- 
4. Face, legs-
Canon D20, 100mm lens,  ISO 100,  F18, 1/250,  Flash  +2/3  -  ©Nicky Davis

Female from Pupa Number 6, Emerged  March 16, 2006
1. Dorsal View -  Canon D20, 100 mm lens, ISO 800, F20, 1/250, Flash +1

Host Plant
1. Hedysarum boreale
2. Lupines

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