Mormon  Fritillary
Speyeria mormonia
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Mormonia nectaring just past mm 27 along the Mirror Lake Highway
nectaring

Mormonia nectaring just past mm 27 along the Mirror Lake Highway
nectaring

Mating pair, July 21, 2006 - Ephraim Canyon, Sanpete County, Utah
mating pair

Big Cottonwood Canyon (Meadow by Donut-falls turnoff), Salt Lake County, Utah  


Big Cottonwood Canyon (Meadow by Donut-falls turnoff), Salt Lake County, Utah  



Big Cottonwood Canyon (Meadow by Donut-falls turnoff), Salt Lake County, Utah  


Big Cottonwood Canyon (Meadow by Donut-falls turnoff), Salt Lake County, Utah  


Female from Guardsman Pass
Mormonia female from Guardsman Pass

Female from Guardsman Pass
female mormonia from Guardsman Pass

Tip of Female's Abdomen
tip of female's abdomen

Ovum
From Female located 24 August 2010 up Guardsman Pass, Salt Lake County, Utah
ovum on paper bag

Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis

  1., 2. Mormonia nectaring  just past mm 27 along the Mirror Lake Highway, Duchesne County, Utah.
N. 40.40.881, W. 110.55.165
Elevation 10,349 feet

3. Mating pair, July 21, 2006 - Ephraim Canyon, Sanpete County, Utah

4. Dorsal, 5.ventral and face, 6. dorsal  -  Big Cottonwood Canyon (Meadow by Donut-falls turnoff), Salt Lake County, Utah  

7. 8. .   Female from Guardsman Pass- Underwing and Upperwing

9.  Tip of Female's abdomen

10. Ovum from Female located at Guardsman Pass Meadow.  Female ovip[osited in a paper bag with pansy and viola clippings in the bottom. Although she oviposited  16 eggs, none of them hatched.

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Female from Guardsman Pass

40º 36' 35.41" N.
111º 32' 02.34" W.
Elevation 9219 feet
 

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