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Echo Azure

Celastrina echo

The Echo Azure is a beautiful little butterfly with bright blue wings. It flutters around flowers and is often seen in gardens and meadows, bringing joy to everyone who spots it.

Lebensraum: Meadows

Aussehen

The Echo Azure has iridescent, shimmering blue upperwings with thin dark margins, especially noticeable in males. Its undersides are a duller, silvery-white or grey. This small butterfly's vibrant blue sets it apart from many other subtle-colored insects.

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Echo Azure
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Echo Azure

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Echo Azure caterpillars are often tended by ants, who protect them in exchange for a sweet treat they secrete.

The 'Echo' in its name comes from a Greek myth about a nymph who could only repeat others' words!

Their wings are covered in thousands of tiny scales, which reflect light to create their dazzling blue color.

This tiny butterfly sometimes flies in 'broods,' meaning many can emerge together in spring or summer!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Master of Disguise

Echo Azure caterpillars can change color to perfectly match their host plants, helping them hide from hungry birds.

Fähigkeit

Nectar Sipper

Echo Azures have a long, coiled proboscis that helps them drink sweet nectar from deep inside flowers.

Fähigkeit

Shape-Shifting Life

Echo Azures undergo complete metamorphosis, transforming from a tiny egg to a caterpillar, then a chrysalis, and finally a butterfly.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
25-38 mm
Größe
18-25 mm
Lebenserwartung
7-14 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
10 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Adults sip flower nectar; caterpillars munch on leaves, buds, and flowers of specific plants.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae eat plant parts, while adults drink nectar.

Hauptnahrung

  • flower nectar
  • Cercis canadensis leaves
  • Vaccinium corymbosum buds
  • Cornus florida flowers

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

depends on

Eastern Redbud

Cercis canadensis

Larvae feed on its leaves and flowers.

depends on

Highbush Blueberry

Vaccinium corymbosum

Caterpillars often feed on its buds and leaves.

pollinates

Common Boneset

Eupatorium perfoliatum

Adults visit its flowers for nectar, aiding pollination.

eaten by

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata

Adult butterflies can be prey for birds.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Azure ButterflyBlue Butterfly

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Butterflies are gentle creatures, but it's best to watch them without touching.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Echo Azure?

25-38 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Echo Azure?

18-25 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Echo Azure?

7-14 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Echo Azure?

10 km/h

Was frisst Echo Azure?

Adults sip flower nectar; caterpillars munch on leaves, buds, and flowers of specific plants.

Wo findet man Echo Azure normalerweise?

Meadows

Wie jagt Echo Azure?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Echo Azure?

6

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