Hickory Hairstreaks - Gill, MA - July 4, 2005
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Hickory Hairstreak #1.
  1. Large blue hindwing spot with small orange cap on adjacent spot.
  2. Fore- and hindwing spots bordered with white on both sides
  3. Hindwing median spots aligned.
  4. 3 anterior hindwing postmedian spots mostly aligned.
  5. Forewing postmedian spot band widens toward the front of the wing
  
Hickory Hairstreak #2
  1. Large blue hindwing spot with small orange cap on adjacent spot.
  2. Fore- and hindwing spots bordered with white on both sides
  3. 3 anterior hindwing postmedian spots aligned.
  4. Forewing postmedian spot band widens toward the front of the wing
This one is the least clearcut of the two. The hindwing median spots are offset and the anterior forewing postmedian spot is narrower than the one next to it. I do still feel that this one is a Hickory as well. The blue spot/orange cap ratio looks about right and the spotbands mostly widens towards the front of the wings.