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Polyommatus icarus


Polyommatus icarus
Photo Information
Copyright: Harm Alberts (Harm-digitaal) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 108 W: 7 N: 1848] (7037)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-07-19
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon EOS 300D, Canon EF 180mm f/3.5L USM Macro
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): European butterflies 5 [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-02-28 15:24
Viewed: 824
Points: 6
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Polyommatus icarus female / Common Blue female / Gemeiner Bläuling oder Hauheckel-Bläuling weibchen / L'Argus Bleu ou L'Azuré de la bugrane femelle / Icarus blauwtje vrouwtje.

Lifecycle and foodplants
The Main foodplant on most sites is Birds-foot-trefoil Lotus corniculatus. Others used include Black Medick Medicago lupulina, Common Restharrow Ononis repens, White Clover Trifolium repens and Lesser Trefoil Trifolium dubium. Eggs are laid singly on young shoots of their foodplants.

The caterpillar is small, pale green with yellow stripes and as usual with lycid larvae rather sluglike. Hibernation occurs as a half grown larvae. They are attractive to ants but not as much as some other species of blues. The chrysalis is olive green/brown and formed on the ground where it is attended by ants which will often take it into their nests. In the south of Britain there are two broods a year flying in May and June and again in August and September. Northern England has one brood flying between june and September. In a long warm year there is sometimes a partial third brood in the south flying into October.
Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Blue

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Hermosos colores y perfecta captura Harm.
Un original punto de vista.
Agradable BG.
Saludos, JL.

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  • rdfoto Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 372 W: 0 N: 719] (3295)
  • [2007-02-28 16:08]

Bonsoir Harm
Prise de vue très originale, très belles couleurs et netteté.
Amicalement Robi

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  • methos Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 213 W: 51 N: 281] (1187)
  • [2007-02-28 17:23]

Nice picture showing great and useful details.
The colors are spot on and the light control marvelous! Love the yellow bakground!!!
Congrats!

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