This tiny butterfly clung to the wind-blown flower. I drove this Wednesday to Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge, but found its gates locked, so as a consolation prize, I continued to San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge, where I found birds that hadn’t left Texas yet for the winter.
This tiny butterfly clung to the wind-blown flower. I drove this Wednesday to Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge, but found its gates locked, so as a consolation prize, I continued to San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge, where I found birds that hadn’t left Texas yet for the winter.
This tiny butterfly clung to the wind-blown flower. I drove this Wednesday to Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge, but found its gates locked, so as a consolation prize, I continued to San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge, where I found birds that hadn’t left Texas yet for the winter.
This tiny butterfly clung to the wind-blown flower. I drove this Wednesday to Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge, but found its gates locked, so as a consolation prize, I continued to San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge, where I found birds that hadn’t left Texas yet for the winter.
This tiny butterfly clung to the wind-blown flower. I drove this Wednesday to Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge, but found its gates locked, so as a consolation prize, I continued to San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge, where I found birds that hadn’t left Texas yet for the winter.
This tiny butterfly clung to the wind-blown flower. I drove this Wednesday to Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge, but found its gates locked, so as a consolation prize, I continued to San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge, where I found birds that hadn’t left Texas yet for the winter.
This tiny butterfly clung to the wind-blown flower. I drove this Wednesday to Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge, but found its gates locked, so as a consolation prize, I continued to San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge, where I found birds that hadn’t left Texas yet for the winter.
This tiny butterfly clung to the wind-blown flower. I drove this Wednesday to Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge, but found its gates locked, so as a consolation prize, I continued to San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge, where I found birds that hadn’t left Texas yet for the winter.

Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)

Gray Hairstreak

(Strymon melinus)

Description:

This tiny butterfly clung to the wind-blown flower. I drove this Wednesday to Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge, but found its gates locked, so as a consolation prize, I continued to San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge, where I found birds that hadn’t left Texas yet for the winter.

Date Taken: 2021:03:10 12:05

Location:

San Bernard NWR
Brazoria, Texas
United States
9.84 ft above sea level

Camera Information:

NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/4000

File Name: GrayHairstreak-Butterfly_D5X1907-SanBernard_NWR-TZ

© 2021 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com

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