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THE HAIR STREAKS 



These little butterfliei arc distinguished from otheni by the long 

 tail-like prolongations of the hind wings. They are usually dark 

 brown with delicate striped markings on the lower surface o£ the 

 wings; some species arc brilliantly marked with metallic blue or 

 green. About fifty species occur in North America. A table for 

 determining the common species is given in How to Know the 

 Butterflies p. 217. 



The Gray Hair Streak. — This frisky little brown butterfly has a 

 bright orange-spot on the hind wings and one or two white tipped 

 tails; it also has orange on the tip of its 

 antennae and its head. Its caterpillar is less 

 than a half an inch long and slug-shaped, 

 and is naked and reddish-brown. It feeds 

 upon the fruit and seeds of hop, hawthorne, 

 hound's tongue and St. John's wort. 



The Banded Hair Streak. — This is our 

 commonest hair streak. It frequents open- 

 ings in the woods especially scrub oak clear- 

 ings ; though dull in color it has on the inside 

 at the tip of the hind wings a blue patch 

 with an orange patch on each side of it. 

 Its caterpillar is slug-shaped, half an inch 

 long, grass-green in color and feeds on oak, 

 hickory and butternut eating holes in the 

 leaves; it winters as a newly-hatched caterpillar. 



The 



Hair- 



Banded 



STREAK 



Expanse one and one- 

 fifth inches. Color 

 dark brown or black- 

 ish; lower side of the 

 wings grayish with 

 rows of black spots 

 margined with white. 

 Blue spot with orange 

 spot on each side of 

 it on the hind angle 

 of the lower wing. 



THE COPPERS 



These are distinguished from the other gossamer wings by their 

 orange-red and brown colors. 



The Wanderer.— This lovely little butterfly is usually found near 

 alders. Its caterpillar is rather wide in the middle and pointed at 

 each end, about one-half inch in length; its color is brown marked 

 with brownish stripes. It differs from the caterpillars of other 

 butterflies in that it is not vegetarian, but lives instead, upon the 

 woolly plant-lice which infest the alder and thus is a very good 

 friend to this tree. 



The American Copper. — These jolly midgets flit about over 

 lawns almost always playing with each other and sometimes even 

 daring to play with us as we cross their path. The caterpillar is 



