[Butterflies of Mount Adams Country]

Gray Hairstreak, Common Hairstreak

Strymon melinus

Gray Hairstreak, Common Hairstreak: Strymon melinus - Gray Hairstreak, Common Hairstreak: Strymon melinus

These photos show a gray hairstreak resting on a hardhack leaf (Spiraea douglasii) in a riparian along the Willard Spring Trail in Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge.........August 17, 2007. This species seemed to be attracted to the bloom of bugleweed (Lycopus asper) at this time.

Paul Slichter