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Common Blue Sow-thistle, Upper Port Wood
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Common Blue Sow-thistle (Sochus macrophylla), in the family Asteraceae, at Upper Port Wood, Grantown-on-Spey
25 July 2024
Holly Blue, East Linton
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East Lothian
A Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus), from family Lycaenidae, resting on some Common Ivy (Hedera helix) - family Araliaceae - near Preston Mill, East Linton, East Lothian
12 August 2023
Common Blue Butterfly (male), Tulloch Moor
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Nethybridge and Dulnain Bridge
A male Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) butterfly at Tulloch Moor. In southern parts of the UK common blues have two broods of young, usually in May and August, whereas in Scotland, they only have one brood that emerges in July. Photo taken by David Palmar
22 July 2023
Common Blue Butterfly (male), Tulloch Moor
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Nethybridge and Dulnain Bridge
A male Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) butterfly at Tulloch Moor. Common Blue butterflies fly throughout the summer between April and October and are the most widespread of the blue butterflies. Photo taken by David Palmar
22 July 2023
Common Blue Butterfly (male), Tulloch Moor
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Nethybridge and Dulnain Bridge
A male Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) butterfly at Tulloch Moor. Common Blue butterflies fly throughout the summer between April and October and are the most widespread of the blue butterflies. Photo taken by David Palmar
22 July 2023
Common Blue Butterfly (male), Tulloch Moor
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Nethybridge and Dulnain Bridge
A male Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) butterfly can be seen here on Bell heather (Erica cinerea). Photo taken at Tulloch Moor by David Palmar
22 July 2023
Common Blue butterfly, Leadburn Community Woodland
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Midlothian - Leadburn Community Woodland
Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) butterfly, taken by David Palmar at Leadburn Community Woodland, Penicuik
25 June 2022
Common Blue Damselflies mating, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum) pair mating on a Water Lily leaf, Forth and Clyde Canal, Maryhill, Glasgow. The pair can fly about together for some time, even while the female is laying eggs.
14 June 2020
Common Blue Damselflies mating, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum) pair mating on a Water Lily leaf, Forth and Clyde Canal, Maryhill, Glasgow. A rival male hovers about nearby hoping for a chance at mating.
14 June 2020
Common Blue Damselflies mating, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum) pair mating on a Water Lily leaf, Forth and Clyde Canal, Maryhill, Glasgow
