[Blues East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Acmon Blue

Icaricia acmon

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An acmon blue spotted along the Hardstone Trail at Cottonwood Canyon State Park (along the west bank of the John Day River).....April 24, 2022.

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An acmon blue as seen nectaring on woolly groundsel (Packera cana) along Oregon Highway 203 at Catherine Creek State Park, Union County, OR......June 14, 2018.

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An acmon blue as seen as seen resting on a leaf of bighead clover (Trifolium macrocephalum) along the access road through the Bickleton Ridge Unit, Klickitat Wildlife Area, Klickitat County Washington........May 28, 2017.

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Acmon blue observed nectaring on spreading fleabane (Erigeron divergens) on Missoula Flood sand bars between Fivemile Butte and the Little Spokane River, Spokane County, WA.....October 1, 2022.

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Female (left) and male (right) acmon blues perched on riparian grasses and on rocky substrates along Hat Pt. Road several miles south of Hat Pt. in the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area........June 26, 2007. Males are light blue above, while the females are brownish above.

Paul Slichter