Holly Blue

[turlough]

Holly Blues (Celastrina argiolus) are apparently quite common here in Sweden but this is the first time I've seen one myself. It perched on a Wood Anemone (Anemone nemorosa) long enough for me to get a photo, which I thought was very nice of it!

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Comments

[kaishin108]

What an incredible photo! Thank you for sharing :-)

[yourlibrarian]

So pretty!

[adore]

Lovely!

[cmcmck]

Gorgeous!

We are starting to see my favourite, the chalk hill blue again.

[sunlit_stone]

Oh, it's so pretty!!!

[shirebound]

Ohhhh, how lovely and delicate!

[adafrog]

That was very polite for it to sit still that long. Love it.

[nanila]

Lovely little thing, and yes, difficult to photograph as even by butterfly standards, they rarely sit still for long!

[turlough]

Thank you!

[turlough]

It looked so delicate!

[turlough]

It's so pretty!

[turlough]

Ooh, it's lovely! I looked it up and sadly it's never been seen in Sweden.

[turlough]

It looked so delicate and lovely.

[turlough]

Such a pretty little thing!

[turlough]

I was so grateful! It almost never happens with butterflies.

[turlough]

It looked so delicate and frail! I was amazed at how long it sat on that flower!

Yay!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I have seen several butterflies here in central Illinois, cabbage whites, but none of them deigned to sit still long enough to photograph.

Re: Yay!

[turlough]

That's so typical of them :-)