Steve`s Country
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Looking At Insects. #21 Butterfly.
Hello everyone and welcome back to insects!
This butterfly is a female “Silvery Blue Butterfly” and she appears a bit beat up, possible by all the rain this spring when this little butterfly comes out. It has a wingspan of about 1 inch (2.5cm), so it is small. The male is a brighter blue with more distinct dark borders lined with silvery color on the edges of the wings.
Note the striped antennae again on this species of butterfly, like the last one we saw yesterday. They are generally around from May to early July. They like forest openings, fields, burned over areas, stream edges. Several species of ants will look after the caterpillars. They overwinter here as a chrysalis. Have a great weekend everyone and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
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Gorgeous, it’s almost iridescent
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True and the male is even more so, maybe next year I will get to photograph the male too.
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Males always seem to get better plummage in the animal/mammal/insect kingdoms
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That’s so they can attract the females. Females need the duller plumage since they generally sit on the nest (with birds) the most. Though in some species of birds it is just the opposite, or equal at least.
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Very true
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Another beautiful 😍 Butterfly 🦋 ❤️
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Glad you liked it Dusty!😁📷🦋
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I like butterflies!😁 I saw what I think was a moth on my walk today. It was kind if a gray color.
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Quite possibly, there are a lot of different grays in the moth world.😁
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That’s what I was thinking too.
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Good thinking.
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Thanks I thought so!😂😂😂😂😛
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I thought you would.
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🤭🤭
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Special butterfly today ! Another new one for me to enjoy ! 🙂😻🦋
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I actually saw quite a few this year, but except for a couple there was only one of each. Poor year for butterflies. Glad you liked this one.😊😻📷🦋
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Small and nice, looks like it has dusts on its wings like the moth has right 😃. Nice one…
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It is sort of a sparkly look on its wings, shows up more on the male. Maybe next year I can get a pic of the male too.😊📷🦋
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🥰🥰🤗🤗
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