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Silvery Blue - Hodges#4372 (Glaucopsyche lygdamus)
Photo#187809
Copyright © 2008
pscully2
Moth -
Glaucopsyche lygdamus
South Royalton, Windsor County, Vermont, USA
May 31, 2001
Size: Quarter
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Contributed by
pscully2
on 4 June, 2008 - 9:35pm
Last updated 21 June, 2008 - 8:04pm
Likely a Silvery Blue butterfly?
Glaucopsyche lygdamus - Silvery Blue
http://bugguide.net/node/view/15915
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Dory Owen
, 4 June, 2008 - 9:47pm
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I agree it's a Silvery Blue -
this bugguide photo
shows a direct comparison.
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June Tveekrem
, 7 June, 2008 - 8:50pm
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It would be a butterfly, some sort of blue probably
Clubbed antennae indicates a butterfly. Moth antennae are either plainer or fancier.
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Ron Hemberger
, 4 June, 2008 - 9:43pm
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