Calgary Insect Pollinators Guide

This is a beginning guide to Calgary's insect pollinators. The goal is to highlight some of the many insect pollinators you may encounter in the city and through participating in the Calgary Pollinator Count (see ...more ↓

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Taxonomy
« Back To Gossamer-winged Butterflies Family Lycaenidae
- Blues Subfamily Polyommatinae

Northern Azure ¹
Celastrina lucia

Silvery Blue ²
Glaucopsyche lygdamus

Western Tailed-Blue ³
Cupido amyntula

Greenish Blue ⁴
Icaricia saepiolus

Northern Blue ⁵
Plebejus idas

Melissa Blue ⁴
Plebejus melissa

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Calgary Insect Pollinators Guide

Northern Azure 1 Celastrina lucia

Silvery Blue 2 Glaucopsyche lygdamus

Western Tailed-Blue 3 Cupido amyntula

Greenish Blue 4 Icaricia saepiolus

Northern Blue 5 Plebejus idas

Melissa Blue 4 Plebejus melissa