Observation date: October 12, 2019
Date notes: Bright clear cool day
Submitted by: Wolfpark
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Flitting from plant to plant tiny hard to catch a photo with cell phone
There were two of these.
We have had temperatures in the teens so was surprised to see so many.
Other types flying also
Status: Temporary Colonist
Verified by: mikefisher
Verified date: April 11, 2020
Coordinator notes: This is the Western Pigmy Blue, among the smallest butterflies, if not the smallest in the world. I'm still trying to figure out if it is a year around resident in the lower valleys of western Colorado. My own earliest sighting is April 30 and my latest is December 2nd or 3rd. As small as they are, they do migrate and while I continue to find evidence they stay here year around I'll call them "temporary colonists" that produce two or three broods consistently here every year. Mike
