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Western Tailed Blue |
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| A rather small butterfly of approximately one inch, the Western Tailed Blue ranges through all the western states of the US and most of the Canadian provinces. They fly in mid-May through August, and are found at the edges of forests and shrubby clearings. This one was found in a clearing by Westchester Lagoon in Anchorage. Eggs are laid singly, on seedpods or flowers, and young larvae with eat either. Food plants include wild sweet pea, vetches and other legumes, especially those with inflated seedpods. They hibernate as mature larvae, entering the pupal stage early in the spring. Adults nectar on a variety of flowers. |
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