Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Western Tailed Blue

Sigh ... typical Calgary Stampede weather at the moment - rain! However, hope those of you who enjoy the activities have a great week! Just happened to notice this tiny blue butterfly resting on someone's cowboy hat on the ground during a delicious BBQ two days ago. Lunch was put on by Erik Butters' and his wife when a few of us joined the Ghost River Watershed Alliance group for a nature walk on part of Erik's land. Heavily cropped, as the hat was quite a distance from me : )

We saw these two Western Tailed Blue butterflies on a recent walk at Shannon Terrace in Fish Creek Park.

One of the very small butterflies that add beauty to my walks in the local natural areas. Every spring, these tiny butterflies appear, flitting not far above the ground. I'm not sure exactly what kind of Blue this is - not sure if its a Spring Azure or something else. There are 15 species of blue butterflies in Alberta.