Edwards' hairstreak
Satyrium edwardsii
Edwards' hairstreak is a small butterfly from North America. Its caterpillars grow up on oak trees. Scientists have studied how it gets along with ants.
Lives in
Eastern United States and southern Canada, from Saskatchewan to Quebec
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
The butterfly sips nectar from flowers. Its caterpillars eat the leaves of oak trees, such as the bear oak.
How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Edwards' hairstreak about 15 km/h (9.3 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Its caterpillars feed on oak leaves, for example on a small oak called the bear oak.
2
Scientists have written about how this butterfly lives together with ants.
3
It lives in the eastern United States and in southern Canada, from Saskatchewan to Quebec.
you asked
Most asked questions about Edwards' hairstreak
?What does Edwards' hairstreak eat?
The butterfly drinks nectar. Its caterpillars eat oak leaves.
?Where does Edwards' hairstreak live?
In the eastern United States and in southern Canada.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Satyrium edwardsii
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Lycaenidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Satyrium edwardsii (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 Dr. Thomas G. Barnes - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Original uploader was Chhe at en.wikipedia. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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