Ruddy Copper
  Lycaena rubidus
Pupa Forming

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PUPA FORMING
#3  Pupa shedding old larva skin
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Photo Details -  ©Nicky Davis
Photos of pupa forming -  reared from female from Guardsman Pass, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah
August of 2008.
GPS: N. 40.36.567, W. 111.33.992
Elevation: 9152 Feet

Life History
Ova:  overwinter as egg
Larvae:  22 to 25 days
Pupae: 14 to 15 days

Host Plant
Curly Dock - Rumex Crispus

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