Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Purple Hairstreak

Noticed this hairstreak flitting about the tops of the elms at the west end of Orton Brick Pits and assumed it was a White-letter until I looked more closely. Not a great picture but it was high in the canopy.

Purple Hairstreak Neozephyrus quercus

Digiscoped with Canon A640 and Leica APO77 x20

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