Common Blue DSC_3739
Common Blue / polyommatus icarus. Stanton Sidings, Derbyshire. 07/08/17.
'Oblique View Of A Bleak Blue!"
Head detail. BEST VIEWED LARGE.
The reason this male was probably sensing a kind of bleakness in its short life was because it's summer, threatening another rain shower and blowing stiff gusts of wind.
With no desire to seek nectar or a mate, this CB was all about survival when I made the image.
Numbers of first brood Common Blue butterflies at my local brownfield site were worryingly low this year. Things were looking slightly better with the second brood but they must be battling against the odds now I would think.
Common Blue DSC_3739
Common Blue / polyommatus icarus. Stanton Sidings, Derbyshire. 07/08/17.
'Oblique View Of A Bleak Blue!"
Head detail. BEST VIEWED LARGE.
The reason this male was probably sensing a kind of bleakness in its short life was because it's summer, threatening another rain shower and blowing stiff gusts of wind.
With no desire to seek nectar or a mate, this CB was all about survival when I made the image.
Numbers of first brood Common Blue butterflies at my local brownfield site were worryingly low this year. Things were looking slightly better with the second brood but they must be battling against the odds now I would think.