Edwards' Hairstreak (Satyrium edwardsii)

Rare and local in the mountains and sandhills of NC, this hairstreak has a single brood and flies from late May to early July. In MI, Edward's Hairstreaks are more common, but still restricted to localized habitats in the lower peninsula, flying from June into August.


Hoke Co., NC 4 June 2006	Hoke Co., NC 4 June 2006


Hoke Co., NC 4 June 2006	Hoke Co., NC 4 June 2006


Hoke Co., NC 4 June 2006	Hoke Co., NC 4 June 2006


Male Nectaring on New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americana) Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve, Moore Co. NC 11 June 2003.	Female Nectaring on New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americana) Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve, Moore Co. NC 11 June 2003.


Moore Co., NC 9 June 2007


Female Nectaring on New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americana) Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preserve, Moore Co. NC 11 June 2003.	Female Allegan Co., MI 5 July 2004

The series below is comprised of all different individuals photographed in Allegan Co., MI on 5 July 2004. The top row are all males, the middle row all females, and there's one more male on the bottom.

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Created on ... June 25, 2003 | Updated on ... Jan 19, 2008 | jspippen@duke.edu