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Common blue?
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 6:51 pm
by Wayne
Forgive the quality, it was overcast and very windy.
Taken at Arnside Knott
It looks just like a Common Blue, but it was about 1/2 the size, and all the others in the area were the same size.
Is there anything else it could be?
Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 8:15 pm
by Pete Eeles
I'm pretty sure this is a Common Blue. Most species produce "dwarf" individuals from time to time, usually as a result of an underfed larva.
Cheers,
- Pete
Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:47 am
by eccles
These look like two different individuals to me. I think the top is female, bottom is male, both common blue.
Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:01 am
by Pete Eeles
Good point! I hadn't noticed that!
Cheers,
- Pete
Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:41 am
by Wayne
Ahh yes you are correct!
They were both really tiny, but then the female Common Blues are small.
The male must have came from an under-fed caterpillar
Shame that is was really windy and overcast, they were really nice specimens.