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  • The national butterfly of Finland, this tiny and fast-flying gossamer-wing butterfly is found across much of the world in the Northern Hemisphere. Like most blues, the underwings are spotted and splotched in specific patterns that are important for species identification, but the upper wings are often bright blue, hence their name. Unfortunately they seldom rest with their wings spread. This one was one of about a dozen found frantically skittering around a duck pond near Soos Creek in Kent, Washington State on a very hot summer day.
    Holly Blue Butterfly
  • Side-view of an acmon blue butterfly in Central Washington in bright late-afternoon sunlight. This tiny butterfly has a wingspan of just over an inch.
    Acmon Blue
  • Close-up view of a Boisduval's blue (Icaricia icarioides), a small member of the gossamer-wing butterfly family collecting moisture from the edge of a creek in Kittitas County, Washington.
    Boisduval's Blue Butterfly
  • 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.
    Western Pygmy-Blue
  • A California hairstreak feeds on a narrowleaf milkweed in the Columbia Gorge, just on the Washington side, north of the Columbia River. Although it is most common in the state of California, it can be found throughout most of the central western states from the Pacific Coast westward to the Rocky Mountains.
    California Hairstreak
  • A beautiful white and orange male ruddy copper butterfly rests on a local aster in the White River National Forest near Aspen, Colorado below the Rocky Mountain's Maroon Bells on a sunny summer morning.
    Ruddy Copper
  • The tiny and beautifully detailed cassius blue in close-up. These fast fliers are very difficult to catch standing still.
    Cassius Blue
  • 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 the Moab Desert all seemingly asleep among a few bushes on the side of the road in Arches National Park in Eastern Utah. The wingspan at best is half an inch.
    Western Pygmy-Blue
  • Gray hairstreak in the Celery Fields of Sarasota County, Florida. This is an AMAZING place to search for butterflies ... they are everywhere in every shape, size, and color!
    Gray Hairstreak
  • A pair of ceraunus blues creating the next generation of butterflies in the Celery Fields of Sarasota County, Florida.
    Mating Ceraunus Blue Butterflies
  • A super-energetic group of Boisduval's blues, drink up water quickly after a summer rain in the hot, arid sagebrush country of Kittitas County, Washington.
    Boisduval's Blue Butterflies
  • 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 the Moab Desert all seemingly asleep among a few bushes on the side of the road in Arches National Park in Eastern Utah. The wingspan at best is half an inch.
    Western Pygmy-Blue
  • An incredibly tiny western pygmy-blue sits motionless in a shrub on a hot summer evening in the Moab Desert in Eastern Utah.
    Western Pygmy-Blue
  • A gray hairstreak  pauses on an unidentified species of liatris in the Fakahatchee Strand in Collier County, Florida.
    Gray Hairstreak
  • Male Ceraunus Blue Butterfly photographed in Sarasota County, Florida in an overgrown and formerly agricultural area which has been converted to a wildlife sanctuary.
    Ceraunus Blue
  • A male acmon blue butterfly in Central Washington drinks moisture from the mud after a soaking summer rain in the rural canyons south of Yakima, Washington.
    Acmon Blue Close-up
  • Gray hairstreak butterfly feeding on a blazing star wildflower in the CREW Marsh Hiking Trails in Collier County, Florida.
    Gray Hairstreak
  • The minute and exceedingly frustrating to photograph Cassius blue resting for a moment to feed on the nectar of a common beggar-tick flower.
    Cassius Blue
  • Fulvous hairstreak resting on a palmetto frond in the CREW Marsh Hiking Trails in Collier County, Florida. This is one of the most beautiful of all the hairstreaks!
    Fulvous Hairstreak
  • Easily identified by the two-toned underwing coloration and the recognizable pattern of spots, the western pygmy-blue is a tiny member of the gossamer-wing family of butterflies found commonly in the American Southwest and most of Mexico. This individual was photographed near the El Malpais National Monument in Cibola County, New Mexico.
    Western Pygmy-Blue
  • A pair of Boisduval's blues, land briefly just after a summer rain in the hot, arid sagebrush country of Kittitas County, Washington. This shot shows both the forewing, and the hindwing.
    Boisduval's Blue Butterflies
  • The uncommon mallow  scrub hairstreak seen here in the CREW Marsh Hiking Trails in Collier County, Florida is often found near palmettos and other pine scrub plants.
    Mallow Scrub Hairstreak
  • Of all the tiny butterflies found in Florida, the little metalmark is by far the easiest to photograph. This one posed beautifully for me in the Big Cypress National Preserve.
    Little Metalmark
  • An acmon blue butterfly pauses for a moment on an antelope-brush on a chilly late spring morning in Central Washington, just south of Naches.
    Acmon Blue Butterfly
  • One of Florida's most beautiful hairstreaks - the tiny red-banded hairstreak is found often in rural fields and oak hammocks.
    Red-Banded Hairstreak
  • Gray hairstreak in the Fakahatchee Strand in the middle of summer. Roadside wildflowers attract thousands of these little butterflies every morning!
    Gray Hairstreak
  • A grey hairstreak feeding on wildflowers in the Apalachicola National Forest.
    Gray Hairstreak
  • Hindwing (underwing) view of a Boisduval's blue (Icaricia icarioides), a small member of the brushfoot butterfly family collecting moisture from the edge of a creek in Kittitas County, Washington.
    Hindwing View of a Boisduval's Blue ..rfly
  • A pair of Boisduval's blues, land briefly just after a summer rain in the hot, arid sagebrush country of Kittitas County, Washington. This shot shows both the forewing, and the hindwing.
    Boisduval's Blue Butterflies