A “hairstreak” is not a new fad in South Side hair styles. It’s a small butterfly.
A week ago I walked the Black Route on South Side’s Pittsburgh Step Trek. It took me two hours to complete 3.29 miles and climb up and down 1,692 steps but I found a reward.
This White-M Hairstreak butterfly (Parrhasius m album) was perched on the railing at the Berg Street steps.
Local butterfly expert, Monica Miller, tells me this one is a good find. She (who has so much experience!) has seen only three White M Hairstreaks in her life.
I had no idea I could find such good butterflies in the City. Woo hoo!
(photo by Kate St. John)
Woo hoo!
Such exuberance & joy !!
🙂
I love this butterfly! It’s very pretty with the eye outlined in white. And obviously the hind end is designed to look like a front end so that the predators that try to attack (hopefully) won’t do fatal damage.