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Possible 2026 BugGuide gathering in Texas?

National Moth Week was July 19-27, and the Summer 2025 gathering in Louisiana, July 19-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2024

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Subfamily Theclinae - Hairstreaks

Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both

elfin butterfly

Gray Hairstreak?

juniper? been a while since i dusted off the lep lit

Strymon melinus?

Satyrium acadicum?

Satyrium titus?

Sout Beach Hairstreak

Hairstreak butterfly on Santa Barbara Daisy

Hairstreak butterfly on Santa Barbara Daisy

Hairstreak butterfly on Santa Barbara Daisy

Which Hairstreak?

Mystery Hairstreak at the Sierra Discovery Trail

Banded Hairstreak?

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