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butterfly - Strymon melinus - male
Copyright © 2006 Don Cadle

butterfly - Strymon melinus - Male
Royal Palm Beach Pines Natural Area, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
November 12, 2006
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Contributed by Don Cadle on 12 November, 2006 - 9:55pm
Last updated 5 January, 2014 - 2:00pm

Thanks
for the ID's.
… Don Cadle, 13 November, 2006 - 4:53pm login or register to post comments

ant
looks the same as some I've captured...

… Ray Simpson, 13 November, 2006 - 11:18am login or register to post comments

the ant
looks like a Pseudomyrmex to me.
… Ben Coulter, 13 November, 2006 - 11:02am login or register to post comments

Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus.
… Cliff Bernzweig, 12 November, 2006 - 10:39pm login or register to post comments

 
#@$$^%#^
Fricken Pseudomyrmecine ants stung me twice in the past week.
… Sean McCann, 14 November, 2006 - 8:20pm login or register to post comments

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