ANOTHER EARLY SPRING BUTTERFLY

Hi, Today we have another early spring butterfly, the Eastern Tailed Blue that is usually confused with the Spring Azure. Both look blue while flying, and that is the way most are discovered. When the wings are clearly seen in the Eastern Tailed Blue one can see a pair of orange chevron shaped spots at the bottom end of the rear wings where a small tail extends outwards. Eastern Tailed Blues tend to like water, hence seen near; ponds, streams, puddles etc. Their food plants are legumes; clover, alfalfa etc, so therefore seen easily even in some clover filled yards. Here are a few pix for you to view. Have a great day, Denis  

                              First 3 images are males, fourth is a female and fifth is a flying view.