I believe this is a Banded Hairstreak (Satyrium calanus) which uses oak as the larval host plant and consumes milkweek nectar as an adult. This adult is on scrub oak at Roxborough State Park.
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My macrophotography. Lots of bugs -- flowers, water and other things if I can't find fauna. (Click on a photo to enlarge, click again for an even greater enlargement.)
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3 comments:
OOPS! I did not know it would leave
me all that junk. Just wanted to
say your butterfly shots are great.
As I say we don't have many butterflies in the desert here.
I gotta go to Portland for that and
it costs money.
Beautiful butterfly, nice work
Gabe and Julio! Thanks so much! I was going to do a long reply here about butterfly photography, but decided to save it for a regular post.
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