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Karner Melissa Blue

Lycaeides melissa samuelis

Description:

Endangered tiny blue butterfly the size of your thumb nail.

Habitat:

Wild Lupine that grows in fields.

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1 Comment

Aaron_G
Aaron_G 11 years ago

Very nice spot! I know the folks at Toledo Zoo are doing a lot of work with their reintroduction effort. New Hampshire is also restoring habitat and increasing lupine for the butterfly, which happens to be their state butterfly.

iamrosebird
Spotted by
iamrosebird

Wisconsin, USA

Spotted on Jun 11, 2012
Submitted on Jun 11, 2012

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