Rocky Mountain Duskywing, Pupa-  Erynnis telemachus

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 ADULT  MALE       MALE  EMERGENCE      LARVA


Pupa Development
March 5, 2007 - Pupa just formed
pupa just formed - March 5, 2007

March 14, 2007
dorsal

March 14, 2007
lateral


March 15, 2007
dorsal

March 15, 2007
ventral

March 15, 2007
lateral

Butterfly eclosed at 10:22 on March 16, 2007
March 16, 2007-9:58 A.M.
dorsal view - March 16, 2007 9:58 A.M.

March 16, 2007- 9:22 A.M.


March 16, 2007 - 8:25 A.M.
at 8:25 A.M.


Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis
Larva located  3 September 2006, 8000’ at  Navajo Spring Wash; North East  side of Utah Highway 20, 1.2 miles South of Burnt Peak, Iron County, Utah -  Todd L. Stout/Wayne H. Whaley leg.

Pupa Development
1. thru 9. Photos showing the color changes as the pupa develops

 Larva Development
1. Larva ready to diapause on September 11, 2006
2., 3.  Two views of larva  on September 5, 2006
4., 5.  Two view of  the nest that the Rocky Mountain Duskywing larva made on the host plant.

Host Plant - Quercus gambelii
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 QUERCUS GAMBELII


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