Rustic Blue
 
Location: Redwater Dunes, AB
Date: June 2, 2009		                
      Photo 1

Rustic Blue
Common Name:  Rustic Blue

Latin Name:  Plebejus (Agriades) rusticus Edwards, 1865
                        (N. Kondla, det.)

Wingspan:  25 - 30 mm

Range:  Alberta

Habitat: Mountain meadows, hillsides and gullies

Time of year seen: May to September

Caterpillar's Diet: Rock Jasmine, Shooting star, Diapensia, bilberry, blueberry, saxifrage, Fairy Candlelabra

Other: 

 
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