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Summer Azure

Celastrina neglecta

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Description:

Wingspan between 1 and 1.5 inches. There is high variety within this species. This sighting: dirty gray-blue with various dark spots forming a band along the outer margins of its wings. Summer Azures appear mid-Summer. They take to flowers and get nutrients/minerals from wet ground or puddles.

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Celastrina neglecta

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PublishedAugust 24, 2013

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