Collage ids. please

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agavegeoff
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Collage ids. please

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Hi, everyone.
Blue butterflies.jpg
Skippers same critter. But is it Essex as before. Not many about now compared to a week or so ago. Common Blues about now with a few Argus Browns.
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bugboy
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Hi, I'm gonna stick my neck out and say Essex Skipper. The others are all Common Blues other than center top and bottom left which are Brown Argus :)
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Common Blue (male), Brown Argus (male), Common Blue (female)

Common Blue (male), Common Blue (female), Small or Essex Skipper (female) - impossible to tell apart without seeing the UNDERSIDE of the antennae

Brown Argus (male), Small or Essex Skipper (female), Common Blue (male)

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agavegeoff
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Re: Collage ids. please

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Hi, Pete.
Thanks for your ids. All butterflies posted this year so far have been found on my few acres of grass.
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