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Colorado Hairstreak Butterfly

By Martha Kirk, Colorado Master Gardener

Photo: Colorado Hairstreak butterfly, statesymbolsusa.org

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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