Gray Hairstreak on Milkweed (20517524959)
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Description: To confuse predators some hairstreaks slide their hind wings back and forth to make the little hairs look like moving antenna. Date: 18 August 2015, 15:19. Source: Gray Hairstreak on Milkweed. Author: John Flannery from Richmond County, North Carolina, USA. Camera location35° 07′ 16.85″ N, 79° 48′ 35.18″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 35.121347; -79.809772.
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- Strymon melinus (Gray Hairstreak)
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