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Hickory Hairstreak? - Satyrium caryaevorus
Copyright © 2010 psweet

Hickory Hairstreak? - Satyrium caryaevorus
Gander Mountain FP, Lake County, Illinois, USA
July 4, 2008
I think this is a Hickory, but I thought I'd check before adding it to the species page. I've found multiple individuals at this spot the same weekend two years in a row.
Contributed by psweet on 22 March, 2010 - 7:18pm
Last updated 23 March, 2010 - 12:53pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… psweet, 23 March, 2010 - 12:53pm

Yes
This is a female Hickory Hairstreak
… Bob Barber, 23 March, 2010 - 8:38am

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