The little blue ones are doing well after all

About a week ago, I had a look to see how the silver-studded blues (Plebejus argus) were doing, and I found only two, which wasn't a good sign.

I needn't have worried though, because two days ago, they were there in abundance. Here are a few photos of the males:

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

This one is really posing like he owns the place:

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

A photo of the top side of the wings:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/500s}

It was quite busy:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f8, 1/500s}

The females were present as well:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 200mm, ISO100, f5.6, 1/500s}

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO125, f8, 1/500s}

They are brown on top, not blue:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/500s}

Some couples had lunch:

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

Others flirted a bit:

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

That's all the photos I got; it was getting too hot for me, and sweat started running into my eyes and the camera.

Anyway, things look good this year for the silver-studded blues, which is a relief.

Thanks for watching!