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Copyright: ali fuat varol (hatti52) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 196 W: 1 N: 12] (1027)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-07-20
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon 400D eos, 70mm.300.mm apo sigma, 58 mm UV Hama
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/400 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): 'Blues' of the Butterfly World [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-07-25 10:54
Viewed: 511
Points: 17
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Plebeius argus male / Silver-studded Blue male / Heideblauwtje mannetje /Geißklee Bläuling männchen / L'Argus ou L'Azuré de l'ajonc ou L'Azuré pygmée / Argusblåvinge.

The Silver-studded Blue (Plebeius argus) is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.

So named due to the silvery blue metallic spots on the underside hind wings. The upperside are a rich, deep iridescent blue in the males with a black border and the characteristic Lycid white fringe. on the hindwings there is a row of inconspicuous black spots along the bottom edge. Females are dark brown with orange spots at the edges. On some sites the female has blue colouration but never as extensive as the male and she always possesses the orange spots. The undersides are a typical "Blue" design. The ground colour is silvery grey with blue suffusion at the base of the wings in the male and brown in the female. There are a number of black spots, each outlined in white and a row of orange spots along the outer edge of the hindwings, extending onto the forwings in the female. It is next to these orange spots that the "silver-studs" can be seen. Most easily confused with the Common Blue, it is generally slightly smaller and in the male the blue is a darker shade. The Common Blue also has an additional black spot at the base of the underside forewing. It has suffered severe reduction in its range in the UK due to habitat destruction. Its favoured habitat is heathland and where it is found in the southern strongholds it can still be very numerous. Other habitats include calcerous grassland and Dunes. Apart from its strongholds in the southern heathlands it is also found in scattered colonies in Norfolk, Suffolk, Devon, Cornwall and Wales. It is still widespread across Europe, Asia as far as Japan.

Eggs are laid on or near the ground, often near Ants nests and pass through the winter hatching in the spring in late March or early April. They have a wide variety of foodplants; on heathland the favourites include Heather Calluna vulgaris, Bell Heather Erica cinerea, Cross-leaved Heath Erica tetralix and Gorses Ulex spp. On grasslands Birds-foot Trefoil Lotus corniculatus, Common Rock-rose Helianthenum nummularium, Horseshoe Vetch Hippocrepis comosa and Wild Thyme Thymus serpyllum are used. The larvae have a close relationship with ants and produce a honeydew-like liquid to feed them. In return the ants will protect the larvae from predators. Black ants Lasius niger and Lasius alienus are the two most commonly associated ant species. In some European countries ants have been seen carrying the larvae. Pupation takes near and often inside ant nests where they continue to secrete Honey Dew until the Butterfly emerges. It is single brooded with butterflies on the wing from July until mid August.

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Hola Ali.
Excelente PoV y preciosos colores buenos detalles aunque la imagen aparece un poco "ruidosa".
Buena nota.
Un cordial saludo y tfs, JL.

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  • taba Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 459 W: 126 N: 263] (1488)
  • [2007-07-25 11:55]

Hi Ali
nice and beautiful capture of this fantastic colored butterfly.
great BG, DOF, POV and sharpness.
well done.
Taba

Magnífica composición y colores, lástima del enfoque. Saludos Ali.

Merhaba Ali,
Salem!!
great pov with excellent sharpness, vivid and details here
good composition of macro presented and well seen
very well done
cheers
Tony

Merhaba Ali,
A great POV!
I like so much the pose of the insect, with that beautiful lighting of the picture.
It's so good the different colours seen, both over and under the wings.
The only nit would be the little noise.
Well done and thanks for share it.
My best regards,
JM

Merhaba Ali Fuat Bey,
Süper güzellikte bir kelebek makrosu.Tebrikler.
Sizin için noisleri temizlemeye çalıştım.

hAyAti

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  • izler Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1222 W: 78 N: 848] (7258)
  • [2007-08-04 13:40]

selam ali
cok guzel renkleri olan bu narin kelebek surekli donup durur ve hareket eder; tam da istedigimiz gibi poz almak epey zaman alir...
kompozisyonu, flu arka plani, renkleri ve bilgi notunu begendim
eline saglik
selamlar
izler

Hello
Quite good picture of this Lycaenidae. I thisnk you should use some kind of noise killer because the noise level is a little bit to high. TFS

Chris

Hi Ali,
Great close up shot, with beautiful detials, great color and I like the diagonal he rests on.. Love these blue butterflies. TFS
Donna:o)

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