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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters (Lycaenidae) » Hairstreaks (Theclinae) » Eumaeini » Strymon » Gray Hairstreak - Hodges#4336 (Strymon melinus)
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What butterfly? - Strymon melinus - male
Copyright © 2009 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

What butterfly? - Strymon melinus - Male
Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 3, 2009
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Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 31 August, 2009 - 2:33pm
Last updated 5 January, 2014 - 1:46pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 2 September, 2009 - 12:13pm login or register to post comments

Yellowjacket
Is a Vespula sp. I think it might be V. vidua. Don't see any other possibility with that coloration. This species seems to be abundant this year for some reason.
… Vespula Vulgaris, 31 August, 2009 - 6:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes there do seem a few more
Yes there do seem a few more than usual-I just posted what I think is a male...I'm so bad at IDing Yellow Jackets...sigh...I kept this photo as it was because it looked so (sorry) cute. O_o (and gave a size comparison too.)

The English Ivy is in bloom-I have never seen so many bees and wasps and hornets as this year!!!
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 2 September, 2009 - 12:24pm login or register to post comments

It looks like a
Gray Hairstreak - Strymon melinus

… Dan Leeder, 31 August, 2009 - 3:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks! ^__^
Thanks! ^__^
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 2 September, 2009 - 12:20pm login or register to post comments

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