Western Pygmy-Blue
A rare view of the opened wings of a live western-pygmy-blue in Utah's Moab Desert. Touted as the world's smallest butterfly (at least this is true in North America) this one was one of hundreds I found at late dusk in Arches National Park in Eastern Utah. The wingspan at best is half an inch.
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- © 2014
- Image Size
- 3882x2588 / 5.9MB
- Keywords
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Animalia, Arches, Arches National Park, Arthropoda, B. exilis, Brephidium, Brephidium barbouri, Brephidium exile, Brephidium exilis, Brephidium exilis thompsoni, Brephidium exilis yucateca, Grand County, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Lycaena, Lycaena exilis, Lycaena isophthalma, Lycaenidae, Moab, National Monument, National Park Service, Spring, United States, Utah, animal, antennae, arthropod, beautiful, beauty, blue, brown, bug, butterfly, color, critter, desert, fauna, insect, invertebrate, national park, native, natural, nature, orange, small, summer, tiny, western pygmy blue, western pygmy-blue, wildlife, wing, wings
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- Gossamerwings
