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Common Name: |
Gray Hairstreak
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| Scientific Name: | Strymon melinus
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| Habitat & Flight Period: | Open, weedy or disturbed areas / May - September
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| Comment: | Uncommon in northern Illinois, more common in the southern part of the state. Occasionally, the Gray Hairstreak becomes a pest of garden beans. Its larvae feed on beans, mallows, knotweeds, hawthornes and other plants.
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