Pallid Dotted-Blue
Euphilotes pallescens pallescens
Male Eclosure

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Male #2 Eclosure - November 3, 2006
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Male #3 Eclosure
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Photo Details
Photos  1. through 6.  of male #2 after emerging  from pupa November 03, 2006 between 11:56 A.M. to 12:19 P.M.  Canon 20D, 100mm macro lens, F16, ISO 200, shutter speed 1/250, flash +1 1/3 - ©Nicky Davis

Photos 7.   of male #3 after emerging from pupa November 09, 2006 - 10:02 A.M. Canon 20D, 100mm macro lens, F16, ISO 200, shutter speed 1/250, flash +2/3 ©Les Davis

Larvae collected by Jack Harry, Les and Nicky Davis October  7, 2006,  between Lynndyl and Jericho Sand Dunes, Millard County, Utah
Elevation 4933 feet
North 39º 38.740 feet, West 112º 18.357 feet

Host Plant

Kearney's Buckwheat, Syn. Money Buckwheat - Eriogonum Kearneyi==Eriogonum nummulare



For photos of one of the parasites that plague this pallescens population, go to
Parasites



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