Caterpillar foods: Columbine
The only way to tell adult Columbine Duskywings from Wild Indigo Duskywings is to observe their host plant. Their wing markings are indistinguishable.
5/26/2018 I found two Duskywings circling each other, and one kept landing on this Wild Columbine plant.
5/26/2018 I checked the underside of the leaves, and found several eggs.
5/28/2018 Egg
5/28/2018 By the time I collected the plant, two days later, one egg had hatched.
5/28/2018 Remains of the eggshell
5/31/2018 caterpillar leaf shelter
5/31/2018 caterpillar inside leaf shelter
6/12/2018
6/16/2018
6/21/2018 Caterpillar in a silken nest – preparing to pupate
7/8/2018 Pupa
7/10/2018 Newly emerged adult
7/10/2018 Newly emerged adult
7/10/2018 Newly emerged adult
7/16/2018 Another newly emerged adult