Edwards' Hairstreak
Satyrium edwardsii
46.3367, -95.6697
Field Notes
Description:
A brown butterfly with white, yellow and blue markings on its wings and yellow tips on its antennae; fairly small in size, perhaps half the size or less of a Monarch Butterfly
Habitat:
On wildflowers located in a field of native prairie grasses, surrounded by woods and fresh water (creek and lake)
Notes:
Per Wiki: "The Edward's Hairstreak is an endangered species, and one of the places to find them is at Adam's Lake Ohio in the prairie area"
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