Gray Hairstreak, Female Emergence -  Strymon melinus

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IMMATURES       MALE        FEMALE     
SPECIMEN

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just peeking out of the pupa



after eclosure

just eclosed

ventral


drying wings




Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis
Larvae collected  North of the Gun Cub on Wasatch Blvd., Salt Lake County, Utah , September 16, 2006

Butterfly #8 emerged on November 20. 2006
Various photos after the butterfly eclosed

Females have plain gray abdomens while the males  have gray and  orange abdomens.

Host Plant
A great variety of plants can be used by this species as the larval host plant.  They usually eat the flowers and fruit of plants in the pea  and mallow family.  For photos of the host plant for these larvae, click on
 REDROOT BUCKWHEAT - ERIOGONUM RACEMOSUM


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