Sooty Hairstreak
Satyrium fuliginosum semiluna
Female Eclosure

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Just After Eclosure -  7:00 A.M. July 4, 2009
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Just After Emerging from the pupa
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Inflating Wings
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Inflating Wings
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Inflating Wings
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Inflating Wings
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Drying Wings
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Adult Female
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PHOTO DETAILS - ©Nicky Davis
Jack Harry, Jacque Wolfe, Les and Nicky Davis Located immatures  June 18, 2009
LOCATION: 1/2  mile north of Coltan Guard Station, Uintah County, Utah
GPS: N. 40.40.542, W. 109.30.949
ELEVATION: 8482 feet

TIME SPENT AS:
Ova:  unknown
Pupae:  8 days
Brood or  Flight: one each year 
per  James A. Scott "The Butterflies of North America"
Hibernation:  Overwinter as egg  per  James A. Scott "The Butterflies of North America"
Host  Lupinus sericeus

Host Plant
Lupine

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