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I liked this choice of perch, taken 2nd June... expect change as month goes by...

Speckled wood changed for this Common Blue


150mm, 1/160 @ f/8 on tripod

three burnet moths sharing a flower



charles

I have a mating pair of common blue. These were selflessly pointed out to me by Denise whose camera battery had died, so she had to wait in frustration as I snapped them. Thanks Denise. You'll get other opportunities I'm sure.
Snapped with Sony A700, hand held, 70-210mm "beercan" zoom, Canon 500D close up lens. 1/1000 F11, iso400, natural light, spot metering. Raw image processed with Photoshop CS3

Ok now things are really starting to hot up with new species popping up all over the place. First decent evening in ages and I couldn't resist making the 2 hour round trip last night to photograph these amazing Small Pearl Border Fritillaries from Mid-Sussex that I saw for the first time ever over the bank holiday weekend

Here we go again. Heath Frit that stopped briefly after 3 hours of whizzing around me without pausing for a breath!
Canon 30D, Sigma 180 f3.5 EX Macro, Monopod. ISO 250, f7.1 Aperture Priority, 1/250th sec.
Roger Harding

This will no doubt change over the course of the month ... but a pair of mating Silver-studded Blues taken at Silchester Common today.

Cheers,

- Pete

Mr Skipper from Lulworth



Martin.

Gruditch

A freshly-hatched swallowtail at Strumpshaw on the first dry day for ages

Canon EF 100-400mm IS lens, TP 1/250th, F 11, Handheld



Trev

Nikon D300, Tamron 90mm, f14 1/400, Monopod
Just started to see CB's in any number around Cambridge last weekend following a very poor year last year.

Common blue on plantain in Dorset. Pretty sharp which I like. Interesting to see what the rest of the month brings!

A very wet specimen , holding on ......just. Canon 450d 105mm Sigma...IAC.

On reflection I think that I prefer the Adonis Blue.
Taken on June 10th at Hazelbury Common.



Denise

Therfield Heath near Royston in very windy conditions 27 June. Canon S3 with +2 achromatic supplementary.

Jack

Small Heath, former sandpit, Peak District
Canon 350D, Sigma 105mm, f/18, 1/40, ISO100, tripod

Went for a walk down a small woodland near me called the spinny and found this rather nice speckled wood who happilly let me take quite a few photos

Common Blue taken on 28th (Finally got a shot of one after so long):