Small Blue on a Dee

[Stan]

We went to Martin Down nature reserve today, a site we only discovered last year which is a mecca for butterflies. We were a bit early in the season for some of the larger ones who will appear late June/July but even so we spotted and shot 12 different specis. Whilst sitting on the grass for lunch a small blue butterfly became quite inquisitive, checking out the camera bags and then deciding he quite fancied Dee coming back time again to land on her finger and wrist. A very small butterfly which is illustrated by the third shot when he landed on her watch, the face of which is very small

WDYT

Stan

[oldcanon]

Re: Small Blue on a Dee

just goes to prove what I say, Dee is very sweet - really!

Well done to capture these, if I remember rightly the Small Blue is the smallest butterfly in the UK

[DeeGee]

Re: Small Blue on a Dee

Didn't realise that butterflies came this small.

[Stan]

Re: Small Blue on a Dee

Thanks Brian and Di

if I remember rightly the Small Blue is the smallest butterfly in the UK..... Didn't realise that butterflies came this small.

its one of the smallest with a wing span of 25mm. We also got shots of the common blue which can be as small and the silver studded blue which is a little bigger. The small and large skippers are also around the same size

Stan

[vdzande]

Re: Small Blue on a Dee

Beautiful !

[Pinkeez]

Re: Small Blue on a Dee

Wow, what a capture. nice shots Stan.

[mammarazzi]

Re: Small Blue on a Dee

Lovely images and what a beautiful butterfly.

Joanne

[Stan]

Re: Small Blue on a Dee

Thanks very much Rutgar David and Joanne

Meant to say earlier that these were shot with the genuine macro lens rather than my usual long macro - 300f4 + 1.4x - which was used for much of the rest of the day

Stan