azure butterfly on spring parsley

May 15, 2024 • Alder Springs Trail • Crooked River National Grassland, Jefferson County, Oregon

Coordinates: 44.44379,-121.34662
azure butterfly on spring parsley (Celastrina echo, Cymopterus terebinthinus var. terebinthinus (Pteryxia terebinthina)) [Alder Springs Trail, Crooked River National Grassland, Jefferson County, Oregon]
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Celastrina echo, Cymopterus terebinthinus var. terebinthinus (Pteryxia terebinthina)
...and some carpet beetles.

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