Sunday, May 15, 2011

Small Copper Butterfly

I was at Loop Head on Saturday 14th May.  Despite the bad weather there was a huge hatch of Caterpillars, butterflies and insects.  During my search for birds in the lanes and fields, I came across two Small Copper Butterflies Lycaena phlaeas that were flitting low along a track, avoiding the winds from the North west and basking in the sunshine along a low growing hedge.  



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