Moss' Elfin (Callophrys mossii) MPG Ranch, Missoula Co., MT 19 May 2014 |
Moss' Elfin (Callophrys mossii) MPG Ranch, Missoula Co., MT 19 May 2014 |
Moss' Elfin (Callophrys mossii) MPG Ranch, Missoula Co., MT 19 May 2014 |
Moss' Elfin (Callophrys mossii) MPG Ranch, Missoula Co., MT 19 May 2014 |
Moss' Elfin (Callophrys mossii) MPG Ranch, Missoula Co., MT 19 May 2014 |
Moss' Elfin (Callophrys mossii) MPG Ranch, Missoula Co., MT 19 May 2014 |
Moss' Elfin (Callophrys mossii) MPG Ranch, Missoula Co., MT 19 May 2014 |
Moss' Elfin (Callophrys mossii) Mt.Baldy, MPG Ranch, Missoula Co., MT 22 May 2014 |
Moss' Elfin (Callophrys mossii) Nectaring on Erythronium grandiflorum Mt.Baldy, MPG Ranch, Missoula Co., MT 22 May 2014 |
Moss' Elfin (Callophrys mossii) Nectaring on Claytonia lanceolata Mt.Baldy, MPG Ranch, Missoula Co., MT 13 Apr 2015 |
Moss' Elfin (Callophrys mossii) Mt.Baldy, MPG Ranch, Missoula Co., MT 17 Apr 2015 |
Moss' Elfin (Callophrys mossii) Mt.Baldy, MPG Ranch, Missoula Co., MT 21 Apr 2015 |
Moss' Elfin (Callophrys mossii) Mt.Baldy, MPG Ranch, Missoula Co., MT 1 May 2015 |
Moss' Elfin (Callophrys mossii) Mt.Baldy, MPG Ranch, Missoula Co., MT 2 May 2015 |
Moss' Elfin (Callophrys mossii) Mt.Baldy, MPG Ranch, Missoula Co., MT 2 May 2015 |
Moss' Elfin (Callophrys mossii) Mt.Baldy, MPG Ranch, Missoula Co., MT 18 Apr 2016 |
Moss' Elfin (Callophrys mossii) Mt.Baldy, MPG Ranch, Missoula Co., MT 9 Apr 2016 |
Moss' Elfin (Callophrys mossii) Mt.Baldy, MPG Ranch, Missoula Co., MT 19 Apr 2016 |
Moss' Elfin (Callophrys mossii) Mt.Baldy, MPG Ranch, Missoula Co., MT 19 Apr 2016 Same individual, photographed at two different times during hindwing rubbing. |
Moss' Elfin caterpillar food plant, Wormleaf Stonecrop (Sedum stenopetalum) MPG Ranch, Missoula Co., MT 21 May 2014 Across the continent, Moss' Elfin caterpillars have been reported eating various species of Sedum, Dudleya, Sedella, and Parvisedum. |
Moss' Elfin habitat MPG Ranch, Missoula Co., MT 21 May 2014 I first found the elfins basking in the dirt road. There's lots of stonecrop in the meadows surrounding the road. |
Moss' Elfin habitat MPG Ranch, Missoula Co., MT 21 May 2014 Here's a nearby but different site with stonecrop and elfins. |
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