Chalk-Hill Blue - Polyommatus cordon.
A freshly emerged male Chalk-Hill Blue photographed just as he's about to expel a drop of liquid called meconium. This is usually red, (although in this case it is clear) and is the leftover part of the caterpillar that was not needed to make the butterfly. .
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Uploaded on December 29, 2019
Taken on July 21, 2019
Chalk-Hill Blue - Polyommatus cordon.
A freshly emerged male Chalk-Hill Blue photographed just as he's about to expel a drop of liquid called meconium. This is usually red, (although in this case it is clear) and is the leftover part of the caterpillar that was not needed to make the butterfly. .
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62
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Uploaded on December 29, 2019
Taken on July 21, 2019