Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus
Female

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Female  Nectaring at Butterfield Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah
26 July, 2014

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Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utayh
31 July 2006

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Big Cottonwood Canyon - July 31, 2006
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Big Cottonwood Canyon - July 31, 2006
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Draper, Utah
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Draper, Utah
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PHOTO DETAILS - ŠNicky Davis

Female nectaring - Butterfield Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah - 26 July, 2015

Female located on July 31, 2006 at Big Cottonwood Canyon near cut-off to Donut Falls, Salt Lake County, Utah
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Female located August 23, 2005 - Draper City, Salt Lake County, Utah
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Other
Males have orange-red on abdomen while the female abdomen is plain gray.
7/8 to 1 3/16 inches, tailed, upperside navy gray with orange spot near tail. Underside, paler gray, hindwing postmedian line may be edged with orange toward the inside, They use nectar from a wide variety of plants, 2 to 3 flights March to November

Host Plant
A great variety of plants can be used by this species as the larval host plant.  They usually eat the flowers and fruit of plants in the pea  and mallow family.  For photos of the host plant for these larvae, click on

Redroot Buckwheat - Eriogonum racemosum

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