Howard County Bird Club
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Place name abbreviations: MPEA – Middle Patuxent Environment Area; PRSP – Patuxent River State Park; PVSP – Patapsco River Valley State Park.
Click on the common name to obtain additional information from the Butterflies and Moths of North America web page and the following common name for additional information from USGS web page. BugGuide is another web resource.
Legend:
| Common name [Link is to BAMONA] (wingspan range in inches) Common name [link is to USGS] |
Occurrence level & flight period. | |
| Habitat. | Typically visits (for nectaring). | Larval host plants. |
| Eastern Tailed-Blue (0.8–1.2″) Eastern Tailed-Blue |
Abundant: L-Apr to E-Oct | Open fields & roadsides | White clover, trefoils | Beggar’s-ticks, clovers | |
Female
April 27, 2023
Lake Kittamaqundi
Clayton Koonce
M & F
May 17, 2014
David Force WMA
Bonnie Ott
August 15, 2017
Patuxent River State Park
Wes Earp
Female
August 14, 2012
Ellicott City
Kathy Litzinger
The phenograms show the maximum number of individual butterflies of this species seen in the first eight years of the Howard County Butterfly Survey. From these graphs, one can see the number of broods of each species, when they are active, and the relative abundance of the species in each brood. The observed early and late dates are shown below The graphs can be used to anticipate the first sighting of a given species in the year and can help with identification.
Early: 4/4/2017 Late: 11/21/2016