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Brephidium exilis
The Western Pygmy-Blue is a tiny butterfly with beautiful blue wings. They love to flutter around flowers and are often found in sunny places. These little butterflies are fun to watch as they dance in the air!
Hábitat: Grasslands
The Western Pygmy-Blue is one of North America's smallest butterflies, often less than an inch wide. Its upperwings are a dull coppery-brown with a small patch of iridescent blue near the body, while the undersides are a paler grayish-brown, sometimes with faint white spots. This tiny size and subdued coloring helps it blend in with dry vegetation.
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Common
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Their caterpillars are picky eaters, munching only on flowers and seeds!
These tiny flyers can have up to eight generations in a single year!
Western Pygmy-Blues are the smallest butterflies in all of North America!
You can spot them fluttering near the ocean or in hot, dry desert areas!
Western Pygmy-Blue has a super tiny body that helps them easily hide from predators and fit into small crevices.
Western Pygmy-Blue can complete its life cycle quickly, allowing many generations to emerge each year, adapting fast.
Western Pygmy-Blue caterpillars can eat salt-tolerant plants, allowing them to thrive in coastal and desert environments.
Tiny butterflies sipping nectar; caterpillars munch on plant flowers and seeds.
Diferencias por edad: Larvae eat plant parts like seeds and flowers, while adults drink nectar.

Atriplex canescens
Larvae feed on its flowers and seeds.
Salicornia bigelovii
Larvae feed on its stems and seeds.
Misumena vatia
Spiders ambush them on flowers.
Achillea millefolium
Adults visit flowers for nectar.
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 hábitats de pastizales son biomas terrestres dominados por pastos y plantas herbáceas, que sustentan a una variedad de animales de pastoreo.
Los animales diurnos están activos principalmente durante el día y suelen descansar o dormir por la noche.
Relativo a especies que son significativamente más pequeñas que lo típico o promedio de su tipo.
Este rasgo identifica a los organismos que exhiben una rapidez excepcional en sus movimientos para cazar, escapar o desplazarse.
Describe organismos que transfieren polen, permitiendo la fertilización y reproducción de las plantas.
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10-18 mm
6-10 mm
7-14 días
Tiny butterflies sipping nectar; caterpillars munch on plant flowers and seeds.
Grasslands
Foraging
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