Pigmy+Blue+Butterfly

 ** Hey y'all!!! This page is about the Pygmy Blue Butterfly.

Pygmy Blue Brephidium exile

This specimen is a simple invertebrate.

~What Habitat Does It Live In?~ The pygmy blue lives around deserts, salt marshes, and wasteland.

~What on Earth?!?!?~ You would find the pygmy in the Washington State and in Great Basin

~Physical Characteristics~ **
 * **Soft gossamer wings**
 * **3 black dots near the base**
 * **15-19 mm long**

Salt bush, Russian thistle, and native and weedy chenopods
 * ~Diet~

~Behavior~ The pygmy flies slow and low to the ground to avoid being seen. It also blends with the flowers as further protection.

~Reproduction~ It travels north to lay blue-green eggs. When they lay their eggs, they lay them all over a host plant they choose, to ensure survival. Once they hatch, the caterpillars feed on weeds.

~Relationship to People~ They doubled in population since man came and therefore brought more weeds.

~Status~ Extremely common, especially in Washington

** ~Sources~ crawford.tardigrade.net everything2.com images.google.com 