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Eastern Tailed Blue Butterfly

Cupido comyntas

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Field Notes

Description:

Very tiny female blue. (21-29 mm) (0.83 0 1.1 inch wide with wings outstretched.) Feeds on Small White Asters.

Habitat:

Meadow in the Poconos

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Comments (3)
MartinL
Nice framing of this pic. well done!
Carol Snow Milne
Karen, I only saw about 4 of these. They are adorable. But difficult to photograph.
KarenL
I love these little guys! We have loads of them in our meadow too!

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PublishedNovember 20, 2011

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