{"id":367,"date":"2017-09-06T23:57:49","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T23:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gardenecologylab\/?p=367"},"modified":"2017-10-05T01:18:09","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T01:18:09","slug":"pollinator-week-gray-hairstreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/gardenecologylab\/2017\/09\/06\/pollinator-week-gray-hairstreak\/","title":{"rendered":"Pollinator of the Week: Gray Hairstreak"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post was written by Isabella Messer, an undergraduate working in the Garden Ecology Lab.<\/p>\n

The Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus<\/i>(H\u00fcbner, 1818)) is a common butterfly in the US. Its habitat spans most of the country with the exception of some states in the midwest (1). The Gray Hairstreak is most common in the southeast but can also be found along the west coast, including Oregon and possibly some of your gardens (1). These butterflies can be identified by their ash-gray color of their wings, their noticeable white-bordered black median line, and a two orange patches on the outer angle of their hindwing (2). Due to their coloring, Gray Hairstreaks can be mistaken for an Eastern Tailed-Blue butterfly which also have orange spots on their hindwing s(3). However, the Eastern Tailed-Blue does not live in Oregon (4). If you want to attract more Gray Hairstreaks to your garden, it would be beneficial to plant\u00a0 goldenrod, mint, milkweed and winter cress (5<\/a>). Keep an eye out on a sunny day for these sweet little beauties!<\/p>\n

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Gray Hairstreak in a Portland garden, August 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

References<\/p>\n

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  1. \u201cSpecies Strymon Melinus – Gray Hairstreak – Hodges#4336.\u201d Species Strymon Melinus – Gray Hairstreak – Hodges#4336 – BugGuide.Net<\/i>, Metalmark Web & Data, 2017, bugguide.net\/node\/view\/579.<\/li>\n
  2. Rodriguez, Lauren. \u201cGray Hairstreak – Strymon Melinus – Details.\u201d Encyclopedia of Life<\/i>, Encyclopedia of Life, 27 Apr. 2013, eol.org\/pages\/262409\/details.<\/li>\n
  3. Cook, Will. \u201cGray Hairstreak (Strymon Melinus).\u201d Gray Hairstreak (Strymon Melinus)<\/i>, Carolina Nature, 7 Nov. 2015, www.carolinanature.com\/butterflies\/grayhairstreak.html.<\/li>\n
  4. \u201cEastern Tailed-Blue Cupido Comyntas (Godart, [1824]).\u201d Butterflies and Moths of North America<\/i>, Metalmark Web & Data, 18 Aug. 2017, www.butterfliesandmoths.org\/species\/Cupido-comyntas.<\/li>\n
  5. Bartlet, Troy. \u201cSpecies Strymon Melinus – Gray Hairstreak – Hodges#4336.\u201d Bug Guide<\/i>, Iowa State University Department of Entomology, 18 Apr. 2017, bugguide.net\/node\/view\/579.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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