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Gallery

Catalog Meadow Argus Gallery

Adults

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Photography by L. Hunt

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An unusual blue coloured female

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Summer form

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Winter form

Female adult underside

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Females

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Males

Food Host

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Hostplant Fanflower
(Scaevola albida)

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Hostplant Munyeroo, purslane or pigweed
(Portulaca oleracea)

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Hostplant Dune Fanflower
(Scaevola calendulacea)

Eggs

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Photography by L. Hunt

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First instar larva hatching from egg

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First instar larva after eating egg shell

Larvae

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First instar larva, head on left

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Second instar larva, head on left

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Third instar larva, head on left

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Fourth instar larva, head on left

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Final instar larvae, head on left

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Final instar larvae, head on left

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Final instar larvae, head on left

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Final instar larva, closeup of head and scoli

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Final instar larva, closeup of head and scoli

Pupae

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Dark colour form

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Dark colour form

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Dark colour form

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Dark colour form

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Pale colour form

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Pale colour form

All photography by R. Grund unless stated otherwise.