Category: Euphilotes

Binomial: Euphilotes battoides Range: From Washington south to Baja California Norte and then west to Colorado and New Mexico. Host Plants: Wild buckwheats (Eriogonum species). Caterpillars eat their flowers. Adults also favor Eriogonum nectar. This is one of dozens of square-spotted blue (also known as buckwheat blue) caterpillars that we have seen this July and…