Lycaena phlaeas – One of my favourite of the small butterflies, but one I see much too infrequently here. But thankfully, according to Butterfly Conservation, its priority is low and it is not threatened here in Britain or across Europe as a whole. I came across this one in a local field settled on Oxeye Daisy.
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Ah those daisies again, the butterfly is beautiful.
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I love those daisies myself, and there are clumps of them out in the fields. Thank you 🙂
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They are waving around along the country lanes here. They look lively against the grey stone walls.
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It has been a very good year for them this year,
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So beautiful and nicely captured. Lovely colors!!
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Thank you!
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Yes it is very beautiful, but we often see it here in our garden. We see it almost every day.
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I have never seen it in the garden You are lucky to have it so close there! 🙂
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😊 Yes I am
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Lovely pictures! The butterfly had bright colours…beautiful!
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Thank you very much, Indira! 🙂
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I had to do a double-take. We have a similar butterfly that feeds on a similar daisy, and I had to go look at my photos to be sure both are different from yours. They are, but it’s fun seeing such similarities.
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I have done those ‘double-takes’, too, when seeing species from across the world, which I always find fascinating.
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They are little beauties, I’ve yet to see one this season. Nice capture.
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Thank you, Brian! I saw two today.
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Nice shots!
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Thank you, David!
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It’s Beautiful indeed, can be seen often i south of Sweden.
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So pleasing to the eye, Peter!
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Thank you, Sandy 🙂
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Welcome.
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So peaceful. Beautiful shots Pete!
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Than you, Sandra 🙂 I aways find the fields peaceful with the buzz of the bees and the chirruping of the grasshoppers 🙂
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Lovely shots! I like the light. Beautiful!
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Thank you!
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Really lovely photos!
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Thank you 🙂
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Nice captures on the Daisy, Pete. I do like the shadow cast on the flower petals in your fist image.
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Thank you, Ellen. I quite like that shadow, too 🙂
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Tiny, yet beautiful!
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Thank you, Eliza 🙂
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The little ones are often overlooked, and it’s good to take the time to pay them more attention.
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The little ones can sometimes be the most interesting and beautiful in their own ways.
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What beautiful pictures these are!
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A gorgeous capture!
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Thank you, Greta 🙂
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I like the glow that the backlighting creates in the second, Pete.
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Thank you, Steve. The sun was so bright that day.
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Quite beautiful! Not seen enough of these round here so far this year, sadly.
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