Plebejus argyrognomon

[wolf]

I found a population of this species in Gdansk, Poland, this year and decided to bring a female back for eggs. I got 66 eggs all together, and ended up with 41 pupa! First 2 adults hatched today, one male and one female.
Some stats/info(based on the first hatched adults): I used Astragalus glycyphyllos as hostplant. The whole breeding cycle from egg to adult lasted 39 days +/-. I caught the female on the 4th of June and she laid eggs from 5-7th of June which took 9-10 days to hatch. Larval stages lasted 22 days +/-. And pupal stage about a week.

Eggs


L1/L2



Half grown larva



Full grown larva



Pupa



Male



Female

[wollastoni]

Thanks for the splendid pictures !

And congrats, you're a master Lycaenidae breeder !

[Adam Cotton]

Superb! Fantastic effort must have gone into breeding these, as well as taking super photos. Thanks for sharing them with us.

Adam.

[lene499]

Hi Wolf Aurelian. Thanks for sharing this nice pictures, they are very useful for me and the sharpness just perfect. Lene Larsen