Fenders Blue Butterfly Research
Date: 7/5/2009 Album ID: 791184
Photos by Andy Cripe
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Kincaid's lupine is the food of choice for the Fender's Blue Butterfly.
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A single Fender's Blue Butterfly egg on the underside of a Kincaid's lupine leaf.
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Washington State Butterfly researcher Tyler Hicks uses a hand-held GPS unit to track the movement of Fender's Blue Butterflies near Cardwell Hill.
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A female Fender's Blue Butterfly tagged as Red X during a recent research project near Wren.
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A tagged Fender's Blue Butterfly captured as part of Tyler Hicks research near Wren.
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Tyler Hicks is hunting Fender's Blue Butterflies near Wren as part of a research project.
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