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Gray Hairstreak

Strymon melinus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 2,175, February 2,081, March 2,364, April 5,246, May 3,454, June 2,420, July 1,451, August 1,238, September 1,649, October 4,315, November 2,041, December 1,978.
United States78,259
Texas29,733
California15,286
Canada5,727
Arizona2,892
British Columbia2,297
New York2,018
Virginia1,829
North Carolina1,751
Oregon1,708

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyGossamer-winged Butterflies · Lycaenidae
GenusScrub-Hairstreaks · Strymon

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