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| Clouded Sulphur -- Colias philodice | |||
) Calvert County 6/6/05 |
) White form female Calvert County 10/6/04 |
) Early instar caterpillar on White Clover (Trifolium repens) 7/18//05 |
) Late instar caterpillar 7/28/05 |
) Skin splitting to reveal forming chrysalis |
) Wriggling to remove last of skin |
) Newly-formed chrysalis |
) Chrysalis, final form |
) Newly-eclosed (emerged) butterfly |
) Upper body and head detail |
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Notes: Females have more black on the edges of the upper
wings. A white- form female is
common and is indistinguishable from white form Orange Sulphur female. |
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