Common Blue DSC_4951
Common Blue / polyommatus icarus. Longstone Edge, Derbyshire. 06/07/16.
I am really struggling with butterfly/insect macro photography this year, postponing many trips aimed at specific species, all because of unsuitable weather conditions.
The year is marching on apace and many species have already finished their flight periods.
*(These have been assigned to 2017's 'hit list' and will have to be targeted next year.....what a sad state of affairs.)
The Common Blue was one of only eight butterflies (from four different species), that I found at Longstone Edge recently. The colours on its underwings are faded and worn, it has lost the tip of its r/h forewing - another reminder that time moves on and nothing lasts forever.
Common Blue DSC_4951
Common Blue / polyommatus icarus. Longstone Edge, Derbyshire. 06/07/16.
I am really struggling with butterfly/insect macro photography this year, postponing many trips aimed at specific species, all because of unsuitable weather conditions.
The year is marching on apace and many species have already finished their flight periods.
*(These have been assigned to 2017's 'hit list' and will have to be targeted next year.....what a sad state of affairs.)
The Common Blue was one of only eight butterflies (from four different species), that I found at Longstone Edge recently. The colours on its underwings are faded and worn, it has lost the tip of its r/h forewing - another reminder that time moves on and nothing lasts forever.