Hoary Elfin
Callophrys polios obscura
Specimen

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Male Dorsal
male dorsal
Female Dorsal
female dorsal


Male Ventral
ventral


Female Ventral
female ventral



PHOTO AND OTHER DETAILS - ©Nicky Davis
Specimen from the Jacque Wolfe Collection

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
 

HOST PLANT
Larvae feed on  Bearberry - Kinnikinnick - Arctostaphylos uva-ursi


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