More green hairstreaks!
More what? Green hairstreaks (Callophrys rubi) are butterflies. About two weeks ago I saw one of these for the first time in my life, and I made a record of that on the blockchain.
As these things often go, not a week later, on a walk in the Haaksbergerveen near the German border in The Netherlands, we saw a tree full of them! I took some more photos, because it is a really beautiful little butterfly.
Here's one eating:
Olympus Stylus 1s, 135mm, ISO100, f8, 1/400s
Here's one unsuccesfully pretending to be a leaf:
Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO100, f8, 1/500s
And finally, a portrait shot:
Olympus Stylus 1s, 42mm, ISO100, f8, 1/200s
Some unusual antics involving trees were required to make these photos, but nobody got hurt.
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The color of the wings reminds me of lime sherbet.
Now that you mention it ...
You think of food often, don't you? 8-)
Yes I do.
Unique perspective on the last shot! :D
Indeed 8-). The little rascals like to sit up high in trees, wings closed, tilted towards the sun. You have to either climb a tree or stretch out to get photos. It forced me to use frog's perspective for the portrait shot. I worked out OK, though.
Good job not falling out of the tree! :)
I have never seen one of these beautiful butterflies. Thank you for sharing.
You're welcome.