Colorado Hairstreak Butterfly
- 2021-03-09
- By mkirk
- Posted in The Garden Buzz
By Martha Kirk, Colorado Master Gardener
The Colorado Hairstreak butterfly has just been commemorated on a new postage stamp! This beautiful butterfly is the state insect for Colorado and can be seen in the foothills around its host plant, Quercus gambelii (gambel oak).
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