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Argus-Bläuling - Geißklee-Bläuling - plebejus argus
Sony A9 with FE 100-400mm GM and FE 1.4 x Teleconverter
I've been hoping to photograph Silver-studded Blue on heather for some time. This was taken at Prees Heath near Whitchurch, Shropshire, which I gather is the last reliable place for this species in the Midlands. There were good numbers of butterflies when I arrived yesterday evening but they were beginning to roost and didn't seem very inclined to settle on the flowering heather. Eventually I found this one perched on the end of a stem against a clean background.
An idyllic Cotswold scene… Batsford Stud was built by Sir Ernest George for John Freeman Mitford in 1878. Formerly the stables to Batsford Park, the stud now forms part of the Batsford Estate, near Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire. There are about 120 acres of paddocks varying in size, including nursery paddocks for mares with their new-born foals.
Argus-Bläuling - Geißklee-Bläuling - plebejus argus
Sony A9 with FE 100-400mm GM and FE 1.4 x Teleconverter
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A distant reminder of high-summer - a late-afternoon mating pair on the heathland at Iping Common in West Sussex (UK) (8456)
Higher Hyde Heath DWT. The silver-studded blue emerges in June and is usually on the wing until late August. It is a rare butterfly, generally found in heathland habitats that have shorter, sparsely vegetated areas. It is restricted to close-knit colonies in southern England and Wales. Two subspecies can be found in its range, while two others are now extinct in the UK. The larvae feed on a wide variety of plants, such as bell heather, cross-leaved heath and gorses.
This male cardinal had two females pursuing him through a tree at Boyce Thompson Arboretum, What a stud!
Male / upperwing.
Species: Plebeius argus.
This attractive little blue is most often associated with heathlands of southern England, where it can occur in very large numbers. However, in many places it is serious decline, mainly as a result of destruction of heaths and the shading out of the sparsely vegetated, sunny habitats it prefers.
Prees Heath Common, Shropshire.
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I was astonished to see this number of horses roaming around on the clifftops of North Cornwall. They seemed friendly enough and soon came over to see whether I had anything worth having...
It made me happy to see so many of one of my favourite butterflies this morning.
121 pictures in 2021 (105) uplifting
Shot 65/100 x
I had the opportunity to head back to see family over the weekend and while there took a trip out to Yateley Common to see if I could find some Silver-studded Blues. Luckily I found a few however I think in a week or so the numbers will be far greater. Won't get much chance to get away now until early September so it was a real treat to find this smart female settling in for the night.
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A wrong white balance gifs you sometimes a beautiful effect.....
Heideblauwtje (Plebejus argus)
Strijbeekse heide, The Netherlands
spent a very rewarding couple of days with Ross Hoddinott photographing Blue Studded Blue in Cornwall, fun and such informative work on their habitat, life cycle and found
Another one from the end of June. It had been some years since I actively went looking for butterflies to photograph and I had forgotten how hard it is to contort yourself into the correct position to try and get the whole wing in the plane of focus, maybe that is why I stopped doing it last time!
However for one of the UK's prettiest (and smallest) butterflies - it was worth it!
A wonderful backlit Silver-studded Blue this morning. Only saw 2 this morning, 1 yesterday, however these still feel early.
Always a delight to see.
A lovely silver studded blue butterfly amongst the ling heather. I've been lucky enough to come across quite af few "blues" of various types this year but this was my first images of the silver studded - great to see.
This week's assignment for Macro Mondays is "All in a Row". I could have used so many items but I chose this belt with studs which are all in a row. I hope you like it!
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Great day out on the heath yesterday, worked hard on the Silver studded blues, several hundred shots and this one possibly my favorite. As the sun dipped they started to settle with more open wings, a little bit of flash on this one.
Higher Hyde Heath, Dorset.