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Blue Butterfly

Timber Cove in Sonoma County has scores of insects, including honey bees, bumble bees and spotted cucumber beetles.But last week, for the first time, we spotted a male Acmon Blue, Plebejus acmon, as identified by noted butterfly expert Art Shapiro, professor of evolution and ecology at UC...

Blue Butterfly

BLUE BUTTERFLY--A male Acmon Blue, Plebejus acmon, spreads its wings. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Side View

ACMON BLUE soaks up sunshine at Timber Cove, Sonoma County. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Monday, August 16, 2010 at 8:49 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Art Shapiro (297), blue butterfly (1), male Acmon Blue (1), Plebejus acmon (1)

Flying Flower

Ponce Denis Écouchard Lebrun compared the butterfly to a flying flower: The butterfly is a flying flower, The flower a tethered butterfly. At the recent Entomological Society of America meeting in Reno, a blue butterfly drew the attention of lepidopterists and photographers alike. It was...

Blue Butterfly

BLUE BUTTERFLY--This butterfly in the live butterfly display at the Entomological Society of America's recent meeting in Reno prompted photographers to aim, focus and shoot. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Butterfly Pin

BUTTERFLY JEWELRY--Does life imitate art or art imitate life? This butterfly pin at the Entomological Society of America's recent meeting in Reno looked somewhat like the live butterflies inside a nearby display. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Posted on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 at 6:28 PM

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Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

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Posts Tagged: blue butterfly

Blue Butterfly

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