Pollinator
Edwards' hairstreak
Satyrium edwardsii
An oak-scrub hairstreak spotted below in broken bands.
- Family
- Lycaenidae (gossamer-wings)
- Wingspan
- 1.1 to 1.5 in (2.9 to 3.8 cm)
- Flight season
- Summer
- Range
- Eastern North America
- Caterpillar food
- Scrub oaks
- Conservation
- Secure and widespread
Edwards' hairstreak is a small brown hairstreak of oak scrub and barrens, its underside marked with rows of oval, white-rimmed spots rather than a continuous band.
It flies in a single summer brood and visits milkweeds, sumac, and other flowers.
Caterpillars feed on scrub oaks and are sheltered in ant nests by day, coming out to feed at night.
Plants for the edwards' hairstreak
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Sources
- Butterflies and Moths of North America ↗
- iNaturalist ↗
- Plant associations from GloBI flower-visit records and NPIN larval-host data. Butterfly photographs via iNaturalist (CC BY).