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Eastern Tailed-Blue - Hodges#4361 (Cupido comyntas)
Photo#148606
Copyright © 2007
Daniel J. O'Donnell
Eastern Tailed Blue -
Cupido comyntas
Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma, USA
September 27, 2007
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Contributed by
Daniel J. O'Donnell
on 27 September, 2007 - 8:48pm
Last updated 24 April, 2008 - 2:45pm
Eastern Tailed Blue - nice detail on de tails
They are pretty subtle. Note on blues that the orange "eyes" you see on the outside of the wings are generally repeated inside. This little fact - a bit more obvious in the first photo - can aid in future IDs.
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Ron Hemberger
, 27 September, 2007 - 9:13pm
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