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Blue on blue

Blue on blue

I was walking around my garden looking for insects to photograph, Holly Blue butterflies are quite flighty and often land in out of the way spots, so when this ...
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I was walking around my garden looking for insects to photograph, Holly Blue butterflies are quite flighty and often land in out of the way spots, so when this one landed low down to take nectar from Forget-Me-Nots and let me get close I was very pleased.
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