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Love will tear us apart.. 1 of 3 by willjatkins

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Love will tear us apart.. 1 of 3

I watched this mating pair of silver-studded blue butterflies (Plebejus argus) as the female fluttered around looking for nectar with the male firmly attached by his posterior.

Love will tear us apart.. 1 of 3 by willjatkins

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Love will tear us apart.. 1  of 3

I watched this mating pair of silver-studded blue butterflies (Plebejus argus) as the female fluttered around looking for nectar with the male firmly attached by his posterior.

Love will tear us apart.. 1 of 3 by willjatkins

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Love will tear us apart.. 1 of 3

I watched this mating pair of silver-studded blue butterflies (Plebejus argus) as the female fluttered around looking for nectar with the male firmly attached by his posterior.

Silver-studded Blue (Plebejus argus) by willjatkins

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Silver-studded Blue (Plebejus argus)

the evening sun was catching the scales on this fresh individual.

Silver-studded Blue (Plebejus argus) by willjatkins

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Silver-studded Blue (Plebejus argus)

Hartland Moor, Dorset

Scotch Argus Butterflies - Boat of Garten Woods by ROB_BYERS_92

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Scotch Argus Butterflies - Boat of Garten Woods

Pair Scotch Argus Butterflies on a Scottish Thistle :)

Roosting Blues - 1 of 2 by willjatkins

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Roosting Blues - 1 of 2

Common Blue Butterflies (Polyommatus icarus) staying put in yesterday's chilly conditions.

Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) nectaring on hawthorn by willjatkins

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Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) nectaring on hawthorn

with bonus caterpillar of some kind bottom left of the butterfly : )

Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) wing detail by willjatkins

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Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) wing detail

The old name for this beautiful butterlfy was the less than complimentary 'greasy fritillary'. I wonder if the 'greasiness' is some kind of secretion produced by the wing scales, and if so, what function it might have...

Get your own female! by willjatkins

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Get your own female!

A male pearl-bordered fritillary (Boloria euphrosyne) gatecrashes a mating pair, Hampshire

Egg Factory... by willjatkins

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Egg Factory...

Female marsh fritillaries (Euphydryas aurinia) are stuffed with eggs, making them poor flyers, and therefore not great at dispering their DNA...

Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) by willjatkins

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Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia)

a stack of around half a dozen photos.

A Wing-Win Situation... 1 of 2 by willjatkins

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A Wing-Win Situation... 1 of 2

The marsh fritillary is a butterfly that gives generously in terms of both its upper and underwings, unlike many species of butterfly that can manage one or the other but not both!

A Wing-Win Situation... 1 of 2 by willjatkins

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A Wing-Win Situation... 1 of 2

The marsh fritillary is a butterfly that gives generously in terms of both its upper and underwings, unlike many species of butterfly that can manage one or the other but not both!

Adonis Blue (Polyommatus bellargus) 1 of 2 by willjatkins

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Adonis Blue (Polyommatus bellargus) 1 of 2

Purbeck, Dorset

Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi) 1 of 3 by willjatkins

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Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi) 1 of 3

Purbeck, Dorset

Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi) 1of 3 by willjatkins

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Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi) 1of 3

Purbeck, Dorset

Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi) 1 of 3 by willjatkins

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Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi) 1 of 3

Purbeck, Dorset

Pearl-bordered Fritillaries (Boloria euphrosyne) mating pair by willjatkins

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Pearl-bordered Fritillaries (Boloria euphrosyne) mating pair

New Forest, Hampshire. Around 3 weeks earlier than I saw them last year.

Pearl Bordered Fritillary 1 by PhilDL

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Pearl Bordered Fritillary 1

Bentley Wood
Hampshire/Wiltshire Border
I specifically went to see the fresh Pearl Bordered Fritillary. With the warm weather they were bound to be on the wing. I wasn't disappointed with the numbers but, none would sit still long enough for a decent "display shot" they were constantly flitting about and dropping to the Bugle flower to feed on.