Ruddy Copper, Pupa-  Lycaena rubidus sirius
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#1 Pupa Development - Male

#1 Pupa formed 15  May 2009
Photo taken  17 May 2009


#1 Pupa on 27 May 2009


#1 Pupa on 27 May 2009


#1 Pupa on 28 May 2009


#1 Pupa on 28 May 2009


#1 Pupa on 29 May 2009


#1 Pupa on 29 May 2009


#1 Pupa on 29 May 2009 - 10:43 A.M.
Butterfly emerged 10:51 A.M. 29 May 2009



#1 Pupa on 29 May 2009 - 10:37 A.M.
Butterfly emerged 10:51 A.M. 29 May 2009


#11 Female Pupa formed  17 May 2009
Photo taken  30 May 2009

Photo taken  30 May 2009 - 7:44 A.M.

Photo taken  30 May 2009 - 7:43 A.M.


Photo taken  30 May 2009 - 9:52 A.M.
Butterfly emerged at 11:00 A.M.


Photo taken  30 May 2009 - 9:53 A.M.
Butterfly emerged at 11:00 A.M.




Photo Details -  ©Nicky Davis
Female from GuardSman Pass, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah , August of 2008.
GPS: N. 40.36.567, W. 111.33.992
Elevation: 9152 Feet

The eggs produced by this female in 2008 overwintered  in a refrigerator where they were brought down to freezing temperatures and kept in containers that were punctured all over and kept with another container full of water for hydration.  Finally, after three tries, I was able to get the eggs to hatch 23 and 24 April 2009.


Larva
Hatched 23 to 24 of April 2009

Pupa
#1 Male Pupa development
#11 Female Pupa development
These photos show how the wing case markings of the female differ from the male.
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Female from Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah, August 09, 2006
Larva
1.  2006 -Newly hatched larva on Curly Dock - Rumex crispus

Ova
1.  March 27, 2007
2. August 15, 2006

Life History
Ova:  overwinter as egg
Larvae:  22 to 25 days
Pupae: 14 to 15 days

Host Plant : 
Curly Dock - Rumex Crispus


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