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Black at first look, but bluish/green in bright light (big)
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Christer Johansson On The Way Up

 Joined: 19 Aug 2009 Location: Västerås, Sweden (Map) Posts: 118 PlantStew: 217 |
| Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 12:45 am Post subject: Black at first look, but bluish/green in bright light (big) |
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This one almost never sits stil, but when it do it's a real beauty Around 4" (10cm) wide
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Frank Happy Gardening

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Joined: 25 Jan 2005 Location: Malmö, Sweden Posts: 10626 PlantStew: 2307 |
| Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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Are you looking for an ID for this beautiful specimen Christer?
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Jewell2009 Showing Great Promise


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Joined: 17 Dec 2008 Location: Puget Sound Region of the Pacific NW (Washington State, US) (Map) Posts: 647 PlantStew: 2905 |
| Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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fantastic Again!
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Christer Johansson On The Way Up

 Joined: 19 Aug 2009 Location: Västerås, Sweden (Map) Posts: 118 PlantStew: 217 |
| Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 4:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Frank wrote: | | Are you looking for an ID for this beautiful specimen Christer? |
Yes, that I forget to write, sorry I don't know the name for that one. Anyone?
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glendann Official Garden Angel
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| Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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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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eileen Moderator & Resident Taxonomist

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| Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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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 On The Way Up

Joined: 10 May 2009 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 233 PlantStew: 41 |
| Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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Oh my!!! What an absolutely beautiful butterfly.
How on earth did you get him to sit still so you could get a good picture?
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Christer Johansson On The Way Up

 Joined: 19 Aug 2009 Location: Västerås, Sweden (Map) Posts: 118 PlantStew: 217 |
| Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 10:22 am Post subject: |
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| 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?  |
Sometimes you just have to be patients and wait for it to sit down where you are It was hard to tell in the shadows what color it had, but in the picture it shows
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