July Squares: Holly Blue Butterfly.

Posted on 30/07/2019 by David M

A contribution to Becky’s July Squares: Blue photo challenge, day 30 of the 31 days of July.

With only two days left I decided to ignore the various blue birds, flowers and landscapes to go with another blue insect.

This is a Holly Blue Butterfly photographed on Holly in Hatherton, Cheshire, England.

9 thoughts on “July Squares: Holly Blue Butterfly.”

de Wets Wild 30/07/201911:08 pm Reply

There are such a wealth of blue butterfly species that identifying the exact kind can be very tricky at times. With good images like this that task would be easier though!

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1. David M 31/07/20194:05 am Reply
  
  Thank you. I find the Holly Blue Butterfly one of the easier blue’s to identify.
  
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Elaine - I used to be indecisive 30/07/201911:52 pm Reply

That’s an amazingly detailed shot!

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1. David M 31/07/20194:07 am Reply
  
  Thanks Elaine.
  
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BeckyB 31/07/20194:09 am Reply

superb photograph . . you must have been waiting a while for this!

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1. David M 31/07/20194:18 am Reply
  
  Thanks Becky. There was a lot of Holly in the garden so we got the butterflies. There must have been caterpillars in the spring but I never found any. IIRC the second brood each year feed on Ivy but I don’t remember how much Ivy was in the garden.
  
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Sue 31/07/20194:10 am Reply

A lovely butterfly image

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1. David M 31/07/20194:19 am Reply
  
  Thanks Sue. I have a few blue butterfly species so I went with one of the bluer ones.
  
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  1. Sue 31/07/20194:38 am
    
    And it worked!
    
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