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Silvery Blue

Glaucopsyche lygdamus

The Silvery Blue is a small, beautiful butterfly with shiny blue wings. It loves to flutter around flowers and is often seen in sunny places during spring and summer.

Lebensraum: Meadows

Aussehen

The Silvery Blue has iridescent violet-blue upper wings in males, while females are duller brown with a touch of blue near their body. Their undersides are a pale silvery-blue to gray with a row of small, dark spots, often with a hint of green, making them visually distinct.

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Silvery Blue
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Silvery Blue

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Adult Silvery Blues use their long, straw-like tongues to sip sweet nectar from many different flowers.

After hatching, their caterpillars munch on leaves from peas, beans, and clover plants!

Only male Silvery Blues have bright, iridescent blue upper wings; females are mostly brownish!

Silvery Blue caterpillars are slug-shaped and often hide inside flowers or seed pods!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Ant Bodyguards

Silvery Blue caterpillars can produce sweet honeydew that attracts and rewards ants, making the ants protect them from predators.

Fähigkeit

Leafy Disguise

The Silvery Blue caterpillar has a green, camouflaged body that helps it blend perfectly with its host plants, hiding from hungry birds.

Fähigkeit

Shimmering Signals

Male Silvery Blues have tiny wing scales that scatter light, creating their dazzling iridescent blue color to attract mates.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
20-32 mm
Größe
10-15 mm
Lebenserwartung
10-20 Tage
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Tiny caterpillars eat plants, while adult butterflies sip nectar from flowers.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae (caterpillars) eat plant leaves, while adults only consume flower nectar.

Hauptnahrung

  • Nectar (adults)
  • Clover leaves (larvae)
  • Lupine leaves (larvae)
  • Vetch leaves (larvae)
  • Pea plants (larvae)

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

symbiotic with

Dusky Ant

Formica fusca

Ants protect caterpillars in exchange for sweet honeydew.

depends on

White Clover

Trifolium repens

Caterpillars feed on its leaves and flowers; adults drink nectar.

depends on

Bigleaf Lupine

Lupinus polyphyllus

A key host plant for Silvery Blue caterpillars to eat.

eaten by

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

Robins are generalist insectivores that may prey on adults.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Noch keine Alternativnamen vorhanden.

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Butterflies are gentle and safe to watch, but don't touch them too much.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Silvery Blue?

20-32 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Silvery Blue?

10-15 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Silvery Blue?

10-20 Tage

Was frisst Silvery Blue?

Tiny caterpillars eat plants, while adult butterflies sip nectar from flowers.

Wo findet man Silvery Blue normalerweise?

Meadows

Wie jagt Silvery Blue?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Silvery Blue?

6

Snap-Karte

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