Rocky Mountain Dotted-Blue
Euphilotes ancilla

Female Eclosure

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#5 Female Emerged 8 August 2010
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Inflating wings
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Inflating  Wings
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Drying Wings
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Photos ŠNicky Davis
Females located by Todd Stout 22 June 2010 in Farmington Canyon, West side of the Wasatch Mountains, 1.3 miles NNE of the city of Farmington, Davis County, Utah.  Elevation  5300 feet.

TIME SPENT AS:
Ova:  4 days
Larvae:  23 - 24 days - Feed on flowers
Pupae:  13 - 15 days
Adults:  Unknown
Overwinter as pupa
BROOD OR FLIGHT: One


HOST PLANT
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Host Plant
Parsnipflower Buckwheat - Eriogonum heracleoides

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