2014
NS3681 : Green Hairstreak
taken 10 years ago, 3 km from Balloch, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Green Hairstreak
(Callophrys rubi)
Of the native British species, only this one has a green underside; the colour is the result of diffraction by microscopic wing-scales rather than a pigment. The photograph shows the black-and-white banding on the legs and, in particular, on the clubbed antennae.
This one was in a boggy area of rushes, near (as the map shows) the edge of an area of woodland; see
NS3681 : Footpath following the edge of the woods.
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