Blue Blue Girl
A female Common Blue.
Two generations a year, possibly three in the south.
Each butterfly may live three weeks.
Blue Blue Boy is the glorious male.
Wingspan 35mm .
Caterpillars eat any plants of the pea family so the species is widespread, but declining in numbers.
Olympus C740 UZ
180508
This sky where we live
Is no place to lose your wings.
So love, love, love.
Hafiz حافظ
Human beings are members of a whole,
In creation of one essence and soul.
If one member is afflicted with pain,
Other members uneasy will remain.
If you have no sympathy for human pain,
The name of human you cannot retain.
Saadi
“Of one Essence is the human race,
thus has Creation put the base;
One Limb impacted is sufficient
For all Others to feel the Mace ”
—Saadi (1184–1283)
“There is only one sacred manuscript, the sacred manuscript of Nature, which alone can enlighten the reader.” Hazrat Inayat Khan
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It’s such a wet & miserable day and I haven’t seen one of these beauties this year, so another chance to view one of nature’s treasures.
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salsbells69
Such a fantastic macro`! Stunning irredescant wings..beautifully shot..~!
Michael Oubridge
Exquisite j, beautiful colours and detail
Kimberley Davitt
Great shot!
Bonnie T. Barry
You have a gift with butterflies, Jesika. They must sense your love and hover trustingly for you to get their photos. This is so lovely.
whisperingruth
Beautiful addition to your fine collection Jesika….............
eaglewatcher
Stuuning shot—fantastic macro
George Lenz
nice capture and colors
Daveart
Super macro great detail, crisp and sharp well done
brian pendrey
stunning macro
Linda Syms
Beautiful Macro image
hilarydougill
absolutely magnificent macro, wondrous imagery and glorious colours
justlinda
Gorgeous close up, always amazes me how pretty these butterflys are when you see them up close. The blossom is delightful too.
Lindak
This is beautiful Jesika…..awesome details! :)
jdmphotography
Brilliant macro and I love butterflys great capture ! (-;
cdwork
Beautiful macro
Magaret Meintjes
just awesome jes, great capture, well done!
Barry Norton
Magnificent Macro and colour
Heloisa Castro
wonderful macro
Anthony Comella
Wonerful viewing -the colors, details and lighting are terrific!!
emmmee
Beautiful macro Jesika
mjaniceanne
Another beautiful one! The design on the wings is so delicate
Bevsimages
Stunning capture, shame these beautiful flutterbys only live a short time x ;)
blurtsmum
Wow that is awesome!
jesika
This is one of my earliest attempts at “up close & personal.” It was taken in late summer early autumn 2005, just after I discovered the macro settings on my camera.
I chased her around Wheatlands, a joy of a place if you are ever in York, she settled, I snapped & here she is.
I’m so happy you like her, I think she’s wonderful.
j
Jamaboop
GORGEOUS!!! I love the way the light plays on her wings. This is a pure delight to view on full screen.
Franklin Lindsey
Wow…. I almost missed this one of yours. Welcome to the Macro world of things we never see closeup!
Martie Venter
What an exquisitely beautiful butterfly, expertly captured – wonderful light and details!
Sharon Perrett
Wow stunning macro J, I am green with envy, such a beautiful butterfly
JudithE
Great capture,,I see why you love macro,,good job !
Terry Arcia
This is lovely
Annika Strömgren
Very impressive shot!
Gerard Rijs
May they live forever!
eXposure
lovely capture jesika …
beautiful macro
Yool
Absolutely stunning.
justjason
I really love butterflies…and you are a wonderful photographer!!!
Periwinkle
A magnificent butterfly!! Love his irridecent wings! Great catch.
Kate Adams
Great macro, clarity excellent.
Sensiworld
Beautiful capture !
tomryan
Sharp Image…nice color and detail…WELL DONE!
PrairieRose
Perfect capture Jesika….....I love how the white outline of this pretty little butterfly matches the gorgeous white flower….......beautiful work Hon! xx
turtlepath
Wonderful shot of teeny tiny butterfly that are sssooo hard to get close to. :) Where did all the images go??? I cleaned house too (Mjaniceanne)
Rosina Lamberti
Love this……..so pretty
Garret
This is beautiful, fantastic art!!
handprintz
Great capture Jesika,beautiiful
Northof40
Very Cool Macro work
Luci Mahon
Beautiful jesika! : )
Kate Adams
Wonderful capture Jesika.
John Newson
Brill picture never seen one this colour before….. :)
Sean Farragher
fantastic shot
Geoffrey
Wow, only 3 weeks, ack!
Some of the Fritillary species here (in Winnipeg) can live 10 months,
The bad thing about most of Fritillary species here is that they look SOOOO much alike and I have a devil of a time IDing them.
Lovely capture and detail, nicely done.
Eyeleen
Beautiful! The butterfly just pops against the white flower b/g!
Margot Kiesskalt
Exceptional macro!
Martina Fagan
simply stunning:)
WINTERROSE
Beautiful
wildrider58
fantastic macro
cdcantrell
he’s awesome
Neophytos
Lovely composition and exceptional hues too.!!
linskudd
Wow.
shaneran
wow! you’ve really captured the beauty of this butterfly!! the light is just so it shows the shine and beauty of its wings!!