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Eastern Tailed-Blue

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The Eastern Tailed-Blue is a small butterfly with beautiful blue wings. It loves to flutter around flowers and is often seen in gardens and fields.

Hábitat: Grasslands

Aspecto

The Eastern Tailed-Blue has iridescent blue upper wings in males, while females are duller blue or brownish-grey. Both sexes feature two small black spots and delicate, thread-like 'tails' near the hindwing margin, often edged with orange.

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Eastern Tailed-Blue
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Eastern Tailed-Blue

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Common

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Datos interesantes

Male Eastern Tailed-Blues often 'puddle' together, drinking minerals from damp ground!

Some Eastern Tailed-Blue caterpillars secrete a sugary fluid that ants love to drink!

Their tiny, ridged eggs are often laid one by one on the tender young leaves of host plants.

These butterflies are 'generalists' and can thrive in many different habitats, even bustling cities!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

False Head Defense

Eastern Tailed-Blue has tiny 'tails' and eye-spots that mimic a head, making predators strike the wrong end, allowing for escape.

Habilidad

Caterpillar Camouflage

Its caterpillars can be green or brown and have a bumpy texture, helping them perfectly blend with their host plants to hide.

Habilidad

Nectar Slurper

The butterfly has a long, straw-like proboscis that helps it reach deep into flowers to slurp up sweet nectar.

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura
25-35 mm
Tamaño
20-30 mm
Esperanza de vida
10-20 días
Cantidad de patas
6

Dieta y alimentación

Adults sip flower nectar; caterpillars munch on legume leaves.

Diferencias por edad: Larvae (caterpillars) feed on plant leaves and flowers; adults feed on nectar from various flowering plants.

Alimentos principales

  • nectar
  • white clover
  • red clover
  • alfalfa
  • vetch
  • peas

Método de búsqueda

  • Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

pollinates

White Clover

Trifolium repens

Adults visit for nectar.

eaten by

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata

A common bird predator.

depends on

Alfalfa

Medicago sativa

Larvae feed on leaves.

eaten by

Flower Crab Spider

Misumena vatia

Ambush predator on flowers.

Rasgos

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Colecciones

Seguridad

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Butterflies are gentle and safe to watch. Be quiet and still to see them better!

Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el envergadura de Eastern Tailed-Blue?

25-35 mm

¿Cuál es el tamaño de Eastern Tailed-Blue?

20-30 mm

¿Cuál es el esperanza de vida de Eastern Tailed-Blue?

10-20 días

¿Qué come Eastern Tailed-Blue?

Adults sip flower nectar; caterpillars munch on legume leaves.

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Eastern Tailed-Blue?

Grasslands

¿Cómo caza Eastern Tailed-Blue?

Foraging

¿Cuál es el cantidad de patas de Eastern Tailed-Blue?

6

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