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American Copper

Lycaena phlaeas

Photo by Fyn Kynd
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Spotting #1,000!!!

Habitat:

Christmas tree field.

Notes:

Well, here it is, my 1,000th spotting! It's been a great ride y'all and what better to celebrate it with than one of my favorite subjects... a butterfly!
I spent over ten minutes with this beautiful little thing. He (I'm assuming it's a male) would fly back and forth from three or so different flowers chasing other Coppers and even flew at my head trying to get me out of his territory.

Reference Links:

Species Lycaena phlaeas - American Copper - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (46)
medusasnakes123
Awesome 1,000th spotting! Great job on the SOTD!!! Instead of Doreen's you go girl! YOU GO GUY! ;)
Fyn Kynd
Thanks Doreen & Tom! Though Doreen, I'm a guy :-)
Tom15
Congrats on the milestone and a great SOTD!
Leuba Ridgway
Well done, Fyn and Congratulations !! A beautiful 1000th spotting.
James McNair
Congrats FYN, much deserved and a beautiful subject to win with
RiekoS
Congratulations! So beautiful and special.
LaurenZarate
Congratulations Fyn on both your SOTD and your 1000th. Beautiful photos!
KarenL
Congratulations Fyn, your 1,000th share is a very well-deserved Spotting of the Day! This little member of the gossamer-winged family can be found across Europe, Asia, and North Africa, and also found in North America, where it is known as the American copper. Facebook: https://upload.facebook.com/projectnoah/photos/a.10150595289465603.674700.10150120463815603/10153940559430603/?type=1&stream_ref=10 Twitter: https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/446477169238110209
Mark Ridgway
Lovely shots Fyn and that flower suits it perfectly. Excellent spotting. Congrats on 1K.
Sergio Monteiro
Congratulations, Fyn. 1,000 is a nice round number, and this beauty is a great way to comemorate it. Way to go, kid. (oops, sorry, maybe I'd must say young man!) :-)
Carol Snow Milne
I just uploaded my American Cooper today. I forgot! Great series. Congratulations on 1,000!!! Keep up the great work.
Fyn Kynd
Thanks Christiane and Malcolm!
Malcolm Wilton-Jones
Beautiful Butterfly and picture Fyn, congratulations on your 1st 1,000, may you have many more. An excellent choice.
Christiane
Wow.. Well do Fyn! And what a great collection you shared with us! :D
Mona Pirih
Fantastic 1000th !!! Congratulations Fyn :) Thank you for sharing..
AntónioGinjaGinja
Great find for the 1000th one,congrats and thanks for sharing such a amazing spotting page
LuisStevens
Beautiful series Fyn! Congrats on yout 1,000 th!

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Wildlife of Northeastern USA
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New England Arthropods
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedMarch 19, 2014

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