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The Small Copper is usually seen in ones and twos, but in some years large numbers may be found at good sites. Males are territorial, often choosing a piece of bare ground or a stone on which to bask and await passing females. They behave aggressively towards any passing insects, returning to the same spot when the chase is over.
Though it remains a common and widespread species, the Small Copper declined throughout its range during the twentieth century. Widespread through Britain and Ireland, and occasionally visits gardens.
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A pair of small copper butterflies mating in the masts field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve in Gloucestershire, This is the same pair that I uploaded an image of a few days ago.
Read more about this sim (in german): mein-zweites-leben.blogspot.com/2020/03/simtipp-copper-ha...
The Small Copper is a fast flying butterfly that, once settled, is unmistakable with its bright copper-coloured forewings. It is a widespread species and a familiar and welcome sight for many naturalists throughout the summer months. This butterfly occurs in discrete colonies throughout Britain and Ireland, but is absent from mountainous areas and far north-west Scotland, the Outer Hebrides and Shetland. Most colonies are fairly small, with just a few adults being seen on the wing at any one time.
Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)
5 September 2018, Cuttle Pool Nature Reserve, Warwickshire Wildlife Trust, Temple Balsall
The water is tinged a copper color - light brown as it flows over rocks to a very dark copper color in the pools. Although there is copper mining in the area, the color really comes from the tannin of the local trees.
Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)
18 May 2019
Cuttle Pool Nature Reserve, Warwickshire Wildlife Trust, Temple Balsall
Some old copper coins from the 19th century and a tintype photo with a pressed copper frame. The tintype is of an unidentified ancestor of mine and probably dates from the US Civil War era. Note the gun tucked into his belt. HMM everyone!
Scanned print.
Another wintertime print with a neg from the archive. No record of camera/lens or paper.
Bleached in Moersch Copper Bleach for Lith Redevelopment (1+4) and refixed. Sept 2022.
PS borders.
The orange glittering wings of the purple-edged copper are amazing. There is a purple shimmer between the orange wing and the black outlines which are the reason for its name
Lycaena eurydame
Die orange glitzernden Flügel des Lilagold-Feuerfalters leuchten unglaublich intensiv. Zwischen dem Orange der Flügel und den schwarzen Rändern kann mann ein lila Schimmern sehen, die dem Falter den Namen gegeben haben.
Two bright #copper toroids borrowed from my husband. He has such fascinating items for my #MacroMondays box of macro thingies.
As shot, no increased vibrancy or saturation.
In case you wondered, these (less than 5.08 centimeters / 2 inches edge to edge) ... are toroidal inductors and transformers that use magnetic cores with a toroidal (ring or donut) shape. They are passive electronic components, consisting of a circular ring or donut/doughnut shaped magnetic core of ferromagnetic material such as laminated iron, iron powder, or ferrite, around which wire is wound. —Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toroidal_inductors_and_transformers
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