Gray Hairstreak Butterfly in Summer
by Karen Adams
Title
Gray Hairstreak Butterfly in Summer
Artist
Karen Adams
Medium
Photograph - Fine Art Digital Prints - Photography
Description
When I am chasing butterflies around my garden, I am always aware of the background. Sometimes that can be my favorite part of an image. I really can't decide which is my favorite here!
Gray Hairstreak butterflies are quite small, but boy do they pack a lot of beauty in their tiny beings. I love their dotted antennae and the silky silvery powder gray wings lined with delicate black designs and bright spots of orange. The top tips of their wings are lined in that same orange. They are usually less than an inch in size so you really have to look closely to see them! Small, but numerous. They are quite common in Ohio and most of the eastern United States and again on the west coast. It is one of the most common hairstreak butterflies. It occurs also throughout Central America and in northern South America.
Gray Hairstreak Butterfly
Scientific name: Strymon melinus
Rank: Species
Higher classification: Scrub hairstreak
Family: Lycaenidae
If I have to have a gray hairstreak, I like seeing it as a butterfly in my garden!
Thank you so much for looking at my images. I appreciate that very much.
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August 12th, 2019
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