Annual 2022 Competition

This is a forum for, primarily, monthly (or so!) photographic competitions that complement the annual competition.
IAC
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Northern Brown Argus male at Burnmouth, Scottish Borders June 2022
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Another from me.
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Speckled Wood among the last of the Thistle drifts in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders late 2022
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Testudo Man
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Another great season for me, heres looking forward to 2023.

My 3 entries, all shot in Kent, single images, minimal editing, no images are cropped, just downsized.
Panasonic G80/45-150mm lens/Canon 500D close up lens attached.

Small Copper (f.) 10/7/22. Darland Banks, Kent.
Specs - f/10, 1/320, ISO-500.
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Pair of Silver Spotted Skippers interacting, whilst the male bends his body towards the female (in the hope of mating) she carries on nectaring!
Queensdown Warren, Kent. 30/7/22.
Specs - f/11, 1/320, ISO-250.
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Mating pair of Dingy Skippers. Blue Bell Hill, Kent. 30/4/22.
Specs - f/18, 1/320, ISO-800.
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Hi all,

These pics are of Bhutanitis ludlowi from Eastern Bhutan.

rgds,
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ChrisStamp
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Small Blue male on geranium, Glamis, Scotland.
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Northern Brown Argus, Sidlaw Hills, Scotland
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Spring Small white female, Perthshire.
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Annual 2022 Competition

1 Female silver studded blue.
Taken at Wareham, Dorset.

2 Common blues bonanza.
Taken at Purdown, Bristol.

3 Swallowtail.
Taken at El carmel, Barcelona, Spain.
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Female silver studded blue. <br />Taken at Wareham, Dorset.
Female silver studded blue.
Taken at Wareham, Dorset.
Common blues bonanza.<br />Taken at Purdown, Bristol.
Common blues bonanza.
Taken at Purdown, Bristol.
Swallowtail. <br />Taken at El carmel, Barcelona, Spain.
Swallowtail.
Taken at El carmel, Barcelona, Spain.
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Last one from me.
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White-letter hairstreak
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Small skipper
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Essex skipper
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Two male Green Hairstreaks in flight at Devils Dyke, Sussex (23rd April)
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Clouds of Adonis Blues at the foot of Anchor Bottom, Sussex (22nd May)
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Silver-studded Blue males in pursuit of a female at Iping common, Sussex (14th June)
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Silver studded male, June, Dorset
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Common blue male, June 2022, Dorset
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Small Skipper male, June, Lancashire
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A Scottish White-letter Hairstreak female feeding on Oak along the Alewater Banks Eyemouth, Scottish Borders.
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Large blue daneway banks gloucestershire
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