Fulvous Hairstreak (Electrostrymon angelia)

Fulvous Hairstreak (Electrostrymon angelia)

Freeport, Grand Bahama, The Bahamas 6/18/2010.

Fulvous Hairstreak (Electrostrymon angelia)

Eight Mile Rock, Grand Bahama, The Bahamas 6/18/2010.

Fulvous Hairstreak (Electrostrymon angelia)

Castellow Hammock, near Homestead, Miami-Dade Co., FL 6/24/2010.

Fulvous Hairstreak (Electrostrymon angelia)

Castellow Hammock, near Homestead, Miami-Dade Co., FL 6/24/2010.

Fulvous Hairstreak (Electrostrymon angelia)

Castellow Hammock, near Homestead, Miami-Dade Co., FL 6/24/2010.

Fulvous Hairstreak (Electrostrymon angelia)

Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park, Key Largo, Monroe Co., FL 6/24/2010.

Fulvous Hairstreak (Electrostrymon angelia)

Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park, Key Largo, Monroe Co., FL 6/25/2010.

Fulvous Hairstreak (Electrostrymon angelia)

Castellow Hammock, near Homestead, Miami-Dade Co., FL 6/28/2010.

Fulvous Hairstreak (Electrostrymon angelia)

The fulvous color of the upper side of the wings is generally only glimpsed in flight or seen when the butterfly is caught by a spider!

Castellow Hammock, near Homestead, Miami-Dade Co., FL 6/28/2010.

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