Common blue butterfly

Another of my shots from Styal Country Park

The remaining photos from my walk earlier in the week - a sunny afternoon after a grey morning. I had been looking for banded demoiselles, but though I saw quite a few I didn't get any photos. I did however got some photos I was very pleased with. This was the only butterfly I photographed and the only one that wasn't a white I saw. It was just before I ended my walk and the butterfly didn't move.

The remaining photos from my walk earlier in the week - a sunny afternoon after a grey morning. I had been looking for banded demoiselles, but though I saw quite a few I didn't get any photos. I did however got some photos I was very pleased with. This was the only butterfly I photographed and the only one that wasn't a white I saw. It was just before I ended my walk and the butterfly didn't move.

The beautiful common blue butterfly could be booming in the UK thanks to the recent spell of warm weather, according to Butterfly Conservation. Here's how to get involved in their Big Butterfly Count

This beautiful species of butterfly is one of the most characteristic of unimproved southern chalk downland, where it can be seen flying low over shortly grazed turf (typically steep, south-facing slopes).The males have brilliant sky-blue wings, while the females are chocolate brown and far less conspicuous. Both sexes have distinctive black lines that enter or cross the white fringes of the wings.

A common blue butterfly. #Butterfly

icarusblauwtje (Polymmatus icarus) male blue In a little field (about 25m2) my wife and I spotted (and captured) about 11 spiecies of butterflies.

The Common Blue is the most widespread blue butterfly in Britain and Ireland and is found in a variety of grassy habitats. The brightly coloured males are conspicuous but females are more secretive. The colour of the upperwings of females varies from almost completely brown in southern England to predominantly blue in western Ireland and Scotland, but the colour is variable within local populations with some striking examples. Unlike Adonis and Chalkhill Blues, the dark veins do not extend…

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