




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.
Hábitat: Meadows
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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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!
Silvery Blue caterpillars can produce sweet honeydew that attracts and rewards ants, making the ants protect them from predators.
The Silvery Blue caterpillar has a green, camouflaged body that helps it blend perfectly with its host plants, hiding from hungry birds.
Male Silvery Blues have tiny wing scales that scatter light, creating their dazzling iridescent blue color to attract mates.
Tiny caterpillars eat plants, while adult butterflies sip nectar from flowers.
Diferencias por edad: Larvae (caterpillars) eat plant leaves, while adults only consume flower nectar.
Formica fusca
Ants protect caterpillars in exchange for sweet honeydew.

Trifolium repens
Caterpillars feed on its leaves and flowers; adults drink nectar.
Lupinus polyphyllus
A key host plant for Silvery Blue caterpillars to eat.
Turdus migratorius
Robins are generalist insectivores that may prey on adults.
Los animales solitarios viven solos durante la mayor parte de su vida y solo interactúan con otros para aparearse o cuidar de sus crías.
Colorido describe a organismos u objetos que exhiben una amplia variedad de colores brillantes y distintivos.
Este rasgo caracteriza a los organismos cuya dieta consiste total o principalmente en material vegetal.
Describe plantas que son particularmente atractivas y beneficiosas para una amplia variedad de organismos polinizadores.
Los animales diurnos están activos principalmente durante el día y suelen descansar o dormir por la noche.
Describe organismos que transfieren polen, permitiendo la fertilización y reproducción de las plantas.
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Butterflies are gentle and safe to watch, but don't touch them too much.
20-32 mm
10-15 mm
10-20 días
Tiny caterpillars eat plants, while adult butterflies sip nectar from flowers.
Meadows
Foraging
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