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Western Tailed-Blue

Cupido amyntula

The Western Tailed-Blue is a small butterfly with beautiful blue wings. It loves to flutter around flowers and is often seen in sunny places during warm days.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

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The Western Tailed-Blue is a small butterfly, with males displaying iridescent blue upperwings, while females are more grayish-blue. Both sexes feature tiny, delicate 'tails' on their hindwings, alongside small black spots on their otherwise pale gray undersides.

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Western Tailed-Blue
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Western Tailed-Blue

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

It helps wildflowers grow by spreading pollen as it sips nectar.

Its caterpillar shares sweet 'honeydew' with ants who then guard it!

Many male butterflies gather at muddy puddles to sip vital salts.

This butterfly can spend the whole winter safely hidden as a pupa!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Decoy Tails

Western Tailed-Blue has tiny wing tails that wiggle, making predators target the wrong end, allowing the butterfly to escape.

Fähigkeit

Ant Whisperer

Its caterpillars have special glands that secrete a sugary liquid, attracting ants who then protect them from other predators.

Fähigkeit

Leafy Camouflage

The pale, patterned underside of its wings helps the Western Tailed-Blue blend perfectly with bark or dry leaves when resting.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
20-30 mm
Größe
10-15 mm
Lebenserwartung
30-270 Tage
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Adults sip flower nectar for energy, while caterpillars munch on the leaves of pea plants.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae (caterpillars) feed on plant leaves and buds; adults feed solely on flower nectar.

Hauptnahrung

  • Flower nectar
  • Lupine leaves
  • Vetch leaves
  • Clover leaves

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Arctic Lupine

Lupinus arcticus

Larvae munch on its leaves and flower buds.

symbiotic with

Silky Ant

Formica fusca

Ants protect its caterpillars in exchange for sugary honeydew.

pollinates

Red Clover

Trifolium pratense

Sips nectar, carrying pollen between flowers.

eaten by

Flower Crab Spider

Misumena vatia

Can ambush butterflies resting on flowers.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

Tailed Blue Butterfly

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always watch butterflies from a distance and don't try to catch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Western Tailed-Blue?

20-30 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Western Tailed-Blue?

10-15 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Western Tailed-Blue?

30-270 Tage

Was frisst Western Tailed-Blue?

Adults sip flower nectar for energy, while caterpillars munch on the leaves of pea plants.

Wo findet man Western Tailed-Blue normalerweise?

Grasslands

Wie jagt Western Tailed-Blue?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Western Tailed-Blue?

6

Snap-Karte

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Neueste Snaps

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