Silver Studded Blue Series pt 1

GOLDENORFE

all shots taken in late june when they emerged.

there were over a thousand butterflys at the prees heath site. took just over 900 frames in 5 visits :wink

here are the first few of many!
phil

#1 the roost! they all sleep together




#2 newly emerged female


#3 newly emerged male



#4 an ant mimic spider investigates



#5 ants admiring there work after helping butterfly out of their nest and cleaning the butterfly as it unfolds the wings!

Chrissiebeez_NL

Ok wow..

I thought i was lucky just finding one

Beautiful shots!

GOLDENORFE

was an amazing site, have got shots of up to 15-20 butterflys in less than 1ft square in flight!
will post eventually

phil

Lord Vetinari

Wonderful captures Phil that's a lot of butterflies in #1 !
Brian v.

BeardedChick

Wow - #5 is amazing!! Lots of great interaction in this set, Phil.

iCandi

#5 is so neat! It looks like an army of ants came out to watch the butterfly show at the local theater.

Very cool shot

GOLDENORFE

thanks for commenting

phil