Hoary Elfin Callophrys  polios obscura Male Eclosure Home  -  Butterflies  -  Details   Immatures     Specimen

Male just after Emerging Shows Male Scent Patch on Wings Inflating Wings Inflating Wings Drying Wings Close-up of Wing Pattern PHOTO AND OTHER DETAILS - ©Nicky Davis Female ex. 8 May 2012 - Deer Creek, Four miles east of Missoula, , Missoula County , Montana, USA - Steve Kohler Elevation 3100 feet Oviposited 11 May 2012 Hatched 16 May 2012 TIME SPENT AS: Ovum:   Five Days as ovum - Laid 11 May 2012 Larva:   Twenty-five days total as a larva - Hatched 16 May 2012 6 days as first instar Molted to second instar 22 May or 6 days after hatching - 5 mm long 4 days as second instar Molted to third instar 26 May , 10 days after hatching 5 days as third instar 27 May the third instar measured 6 mm long 28 May the third instar measured 8 mm long 31 May molted to fourth instar at 1 P.M. 9 days as fourth instar 2 June 13 mm long         Prepupa -  9 June 2012 - 4:20 P.M. 1 day as prepupa Pupa - 10 June 2012 - 3 P.M. - 9 mm long Pupa: overwinter as pupae Adults: unknown BROOD OR FLIGHT: One Flight Larvae feed on  Bearberry - Kinnikinnick - Arctostaphylos uva-ursi