Gray Hairstreak

Description:

One tail on hind-wing. Upper-side blue-gray with large red spot near tail. Underside of spring/fall form is dark gray, summer form is paler gray. Relatively straight post-median line is white, bordered with orange on the inside edge.

Habitat:

They can be found throughout the continental United States from southern Canada south to Mexico; southward to Venezuela. Their preferred habitat is open, nonforested sites; common in disturbed, weedy areas.