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Two male Common Blues ??
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 7:01 pm
by IanCalland
Newbie here again. Could someone confirm that these two I photographed in the Scottish highlands are a pair of common Blue males.
Many thanks
IanC
Re: Two male Common Blues ??
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 7:03 pm
by IanCalland
As I believed the sexes were different??
Cheers
IanC
Re: Two male Common Blues ??
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 8:39 pm
by MikeOxon
I'd say that they're a 'straight' pair. The undersides are much more similar than the upper wings, where males are blue and females brown (with a variable amount of blue sometimes!) I suspect the one on the left is male and the other female as it has less blue scales and an overall browner colour.
Mike
Re: Two male Common Blues ??
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:19 pm
by Piers
Mike d'Oxon is correct: male left, female to the right. Lovely large firey-red lunules on the female as well, nice capture Ian.
Piers.
Re: Two male Common Blues ??
Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 8:30 am
by IanCalland
Thank you both for your advices and comments. The forum is most welcome to use any of the photographs that I upload.
Cheers
Ian