| Under normal circumstances,
the caterpillar will pupate in the folded leaf, usually hanging head-up
with a fine silk girdle supporting it within the folded leaf. In this
photo, the pupa was extracted from the folded leaf to show it in full view.
This shot shows the pupa just the day before the adult butterfly hatched. The dark portions of the pupa are the outlines of the wings. |
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| After a total
of 14 days as a pupa, the adult Skipper hatches. It climbs out of the pupa
and like all butterflies, hangs out its wings to dry until it is ready to
take flight.
The female Orange Awl shown here, has a blue sheen on its wings. It is a fast flyer, like most Skippers, and is rarely seen because of its habit of flying early or late in the day, and the speed at which it flies. |
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