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I promise not to spam this community with random pics, but I adore common blues, and was delighted when I stumbled upon this. I somehow never see them in pairs. I figured I'd share!

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I promise not to spam this community with random pics

If those random pics are photographs that you have taken of insects, then I don't like this promise!! 😜

That's a really good capture. I am guessing that the blue one is the male and the brown one the female, right? I wouldn't have thought that these were the same species!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yes, the males got all the fancy colors ♥ (although the ventral sides are pretty on both).

I hope to see more this year. There is a real nice spot behind a supermarket close by, where they installed a hive (protected in a cage) and let the grass and wildflowers grow. It was the hot mating area for bugs of all sorts last time I went. We're just out of a heat wave, though, so I'll have to see how the place took to the blistering sun...

And if you don't mind my own pics... 😎

Blue on flower Blue on a clover

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Whoah! It was pretty from above but the spots paired with the powdery blue wings is next level. Great shots, too!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Living for this kind of thing, please do post more if it strikes you to do so!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm all out of butterflies. Do you accept damselflies?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Absolutely! I love them and their dragonfly brethren, and always anticipate their emergence: go get those mosquitoes (and other things) little dudes!