Arizona Azure butterfly

in hive-101587 •  7 months ago 

Several dainty Azure butterflies (Celastrina ladon) 🦋 congregated around some wet dirt where I had poured out some water while I was prospecting down in Stanton.
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These little butterflies are widespread, occurring across almost all of the continental United States but are easy to miss due to their diminutive size.
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Since this area is so dry any bot of moisture (not matter how fleeting) is likely to be a magnet for insects and it was nice to see a smal flock of Azures enjoying the moisture and nutrients from the damp sand.
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