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common blue, chalkhill blue

Polyommatus icarus, Polyommatus coridon, Bombus lapidarius

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Spotting Video

Field Notes

Description:

found these two butterflies on wild flowers near train tracks
both are males, the chalkhill blue rubbed his lower pair of wings against each other quite often - never seen a common blue doing that.

video is a common blue

Habitat:

meadows, fields, near tracks

Notes:

@ monkey mind

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PublishedJuly 21, 2011

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