Western tailed-blue
The western tailed-blue is a small blue butterfly with a tiny tail on each back wing. Underneath it is chalky white with black dots and an orange spot near the tail. The males are blue on top and the females are brown with some blue.
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Fun facts
It flies in spring and summer, from March to July.
Its eggs hatch in only 4 to 5 days.
The caterpillar is yellowish to green, with fine white hairs and pink and purple dashes.
Males spend the day patrolling between bushes and hillsides looking for females.
Most asked questions about Western tailed-blue
?What does the western tailed-blue eat?
Adults drink nectar and sip from mud and droppings. Caterpillars eat pea plants.
?Where does the western tailed-blue live?
In western North America, in forest clearings, meadows and prairies.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Everes amyntula
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Lycaenidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Western tailed-blue (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Doug Waylett. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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