2010
R6441 : Small copper butterfly on brambles at Lough Gur
taken 15 years ago, near to Holycross, Co Limerick, Ireland

Small copper butterfly on brambles at Lough Gur
This twig of the blackberry bush had flowers and green fruit, nearby there were some ripe fruit - it is a good year for blackberries. There were various butterflies and damselflies around this wet area near the lough. This is a small copper, Lycaena phleas. See ST3425 : Insects on bramble, East Deane Way for a small copper on brambles in England.