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Black at first look, but bluish/green in bright light (big)



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Christer Johansson

Västerås, Sweden
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Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 12:45 am   Post subject: Black at first look, but bluish/green in bright light (big)


This one almost never sits stil, but when it do it's a real beauty Smile Around 4" (10cm) wide Shocked






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Frank


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Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 4:18 pm   Post subject:


Are you looking for an ID for this beautiful specimen Christer?


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Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 4:25 pm   Post subject:


fantastic Again!


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Christer Johansson

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Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 4:40 pm   Post subject:


Frank wrote:
Are you looking for an ID for this beautiful specimen Christer?


Yes, that I forget to write, sorry Embarassed I don't know the name for that one. Anyone?


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glendann

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Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 5:50 pm   Post subject:


That is a real beauty .Toni will be along soon and I'm sure she can Id it for all of us.


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Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 9:18 pm   Post subject:


This one may be a Karner Blue Butterfly (Lycaeides melissa samuelis)but I'm not 100% sure as the picture I have shows it with more rounded wings.


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Canadian Chelsea
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Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 9:59 pm   Post subject:


Oh my!!! What an absolutely beautiful butterfly.

How on earth did you get him to sit still so you could get a good picture? Wink

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Christer Johansson

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Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 10:22 am   Post subject:


Canadian Chelsea wrote:
Oh my!!! What an absolutely beautiful butterfly.

How on earth did you get him to sit still so you could get a good picture? Wink


Sometimes you just have to be patients and wait for it to sit down where you are Wink It was hard to tell in the shadows what color it had, but in the picture it shows Very Happy


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