Butterflies: Silver-Studded Blue

The silver-studded blue (Plebejus argus), heideblauwtje in Dutch, is almost always found on heathland. Only the males are blue; the females are brown.

They are quite small and not easy to photograph, but I like them a lot and have made many photos of them.

^{Olympus XZ-1, 112mm, ISO100, f5.6, 1/200s}

^{Olympus XZ-1, 112mm, ISO100, f5.6, 1/125s}

^{Olympus XZ-1, 28mm, ISO200, f6.3, 1/80s}

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 100mm, ISO100, f5.6, 1/800s}

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/400s}

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO100, f5.6, 1/800s}

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO100, f5.6, 1/640s}

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 100mm, ISO100, f5.6, 1/1000s}

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f8, 1/320s}

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f8, 1/320s}

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/200s}

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO100, f8, 1/500s}

Yes, that's an orchid.

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