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Small Copper

Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 10:29 pm
by Paul Harfield
Hi
Yes I know this is not a good photo, but I was almost bent double over a barbed wire fence digging into my midrif :shock: It was the best I could manage of this one individual along my local footpath yesterday. I just wondered if this Small Copper could be considered as caeruleopunctata :?: Or does the blue need to be more extreme :?:
caeruleopunctata ?
caeruleopunctata ?

Re: Small Copper

Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 7:29 am
by Pete Eeles
Any amount of blue is caeruleopunctata - and this is therefore such a beast!

Cheers,

- Pete

Re: Small Copper

Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 8:05 am
by lee3764
I agree.....the specimen in question has plenty of blue but as it is a bit faded is not so contrasting. This does not mean it is not this said form 'caeruleopunctata'. We see a fair number of this form in Cornwall each year.
Cheers,
Lee Slaughter (Cornwall).

Re: Small Copper

Posted: Sun Oct 06, 2013 8:50 pm
by Paul Harfield
Hi Pete and Lee

Thanks for the confirmation :D