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Male Just After Emerging From Pupa - Dark oval spots are the male scent patches  Male Just After Emerging From Pupa - Inflating Wings Male Just After Emerging From Pupa - Inflating Wings - Shows the male scent patch again Inflating Wings Drying Wings Close-up of Legs Face Wing Pattern PHOTO AND OTHER DETAILS - ©Nicky Davis Specimen pinned by Jacque Wolfe Reared by Nicky Davis Jack Harry  located three females nectaring on pussytoes in the Pine Valley North Wasatch Cache Group Campground, Utah on  May 31, 2012. Elevation 7540 feet 40.35.54 N. 111.6.53 W TIME SPENT AS: OVA:  Hatched in  about 4 days - Females oviposited over period of 4 days using Arceuthobium ssp. for host plant then they were taken back to Pine Valley area LARVAE:  About ninteen days from the day the first instar hatches until the pupa forms PUPAE:  About 11 to 12 days ADULTS:  Unknown BROOD OR FLIGHT: 1-2 flights reported LARVAL HOST PLANT Dwarf Conifer Mistletoe - Arceuthobium spp. ADULTS WERE NECTARING ON Pussytoes - Antennaria spp. HABITAT Photo of Pine Valley North Wasatch Cache Group Campground area