Male
Aldbury Nowers
© Andrew Steele 2008
Female
Near Staines Moor
© Dave Miller 27 May 2018
Underside
Bedfont Lakes
© Dave Miller 2011
Mating pair
near Much Hadham
© Andrew Middleton 24 Apr 2007
Female ab. caleopunctata
Frogmore
© Trevor Chapman 2004
Second brood - longish tails
Stanwell Moor
© Dave Miller 21 Jul 2019
Eggs and larvae
Cowley's Corner Wood
© Peter Clarke 12 Oct 2017
Egg on common sorrel
Stevenage garden
© Peter Clarke 5 Aug 2018
5th instar larva
Stevenage garden
© Peter Clarke 27 Aug 2018
Female
Ickenham Marsh
© Andrew Middleton 20 Aug 2019
%20210816_DM_34.jpg "Brown Hairstreak 2016 - Dave Miller")
Female
Bookham Commons
© Dave Miller 21 Aug 2016
%20Bookham%20Commons%204Aug17_43.jpg "Brown Hairstreak 2017 - Peter Clarke")
Male Underside
Bookham Commons
© Peter Clarke 4 Aug 2017
Female
Hillingdon
© Sharon Newson 2 Sep 2018
Female Underside
Hampton Wick
© Jon Tarlton 25 Aug 2019
Egg
Richmond
© Andrew Middleton 2 Nov 2017
Egg
Hillingdon
© Andrew Middleton 6 Sep 2018
Egg
Horsenden Hill
© Andrew Middleton 16 Jan 2019
Eggs
Ickenham Marsh
© Andrew Middleton 30 Jan 2019
Male
Brent Reservoir
© Andrew Self 2005
Female
Broxbourne Wood NNR
© June Crew 2007
Underside
Watton Green
© Ian Carle 2010
Egg on oak
Cowley's Corner Wood
© Peter Clarke 14 Dec 2017
Larva on oak
Watery Grove
© Peter Clarke 6 Apr 2019
Larva on oak
Watery Grove
© Peter Clarke 21 Apr 2019
Underside
Hexton Chalk Pit
© Andrew Neild 22 Apr 2019
Underside
Bedfont Lakes Country Park
© Dave Miller 1 May 2019
Early morning in the dew
Hexton Chalk Pit
© Andrew Palmer 2006
Egg
© Andrew Middleton 2006
Male Underside
Stevenage
© Steve Lane 2007
Female Underside
Bramfield Wood
© Lee Browne 2005
Egg
Six Hills Common
© Peter Clarke 26 Jan 2018
Eggs
Widford
© Andrew Middleton 3 Oct 2018
Larva
© Tristan Bantock 22 Apr 2007
Larva & feeding damage
© Andrew Middleton
Larva & feeding damage
with seeds turning brown
© Andrew Middleton
Female
© Trevor Chapman 2004
Female egg-laying
© Sandra Standbridge 2004
Pupa
© Malcolm Hull 2005
Cley, Norfolk
© Nick Sampford 20 July 2002
Cley, Norfolk
© Nick Sampford 20 July 2002
Cley, Norfolk
© Nick Sampford 20 July 2002
Male
College Lake, nr Tring
© Allen Beechey 2003
Female
Hillbrow
© Steve Lane 22 May 2018
Underside
Aldbury Nowers
© Paul Thrush 21 Jun 2010
Underside
College Lake, nr Tring
© Allen Beechey 2003
Basking specimens
Bedfordshire
© Andrew Palmer 2006
Mating pair
Hillbrow
© Roger Millard 9 Jun 2019
Male
Stanwell Moor
© Dave Miller 5 Oct 2014
Female
Stanwell Moor
© Dave Miller 14 Nov 2018
Underside
Harpenden
© Robin Pearson 2011
Underside
Stevenage
© Steve Lane 2005
Egg-laying on ivy
Bishop's Stortford
© Bob Clift 25 Aug 2019
Larva on alder buckthorn
Ponders End
© Andrew Middleton 2007
Egg-shell
Bishop's Stortford
© Bob Clift 25 Aug 2019
Larva first instar on ivy
Bishop's Stortford
© Bob Clift 3 Sep 2019
Larvae on ivy
Bishop's Stortford
© Bob Clift 14 Sep 2019
Male
West Country
© Steve Lane 2005
Female
© Steve Lane 2006
Underside
West Country
© Nick Sampford 2004
Egg
West Country
© Nick Sampford 2004
Male
Dawney's Hill, Surrey
© Dave Miller 4 Jul 2013
%20Fairmile%20Common%2013Jun15_DM_43.jpg "Silver-studded Blue 2015 Dave Miller")
Female
Fairmile Common, Surrey
© Dave Miller 13 Jun 2015
%20Fairmile%20Common%2013Jun15_DM_43.jpg "Silver-studded Blue 2015 Dave Miller")
Underside
Fairmile Common, Surrey
© Dave Miller 13 Jun 2015
Mating pair
Fairmile Common, Surrey
© Dave Miller 13 Jun 2015
Male
Harmondsworth Moor
© Dave Miller 2010
Female
Aldbury Nowers
© Clare Gray 2009
Underside
Stanwell Moor
© Dave Miller 2010
Mating pair
Shackledell
© Peter Clarke 4 Sep 2017
ab. snellini
Norton Green Common
© Peter Clarke 22 Aug 2016
Egg on cranesbill
Stanwell Moor
© Dave Miller 7 Sep 2018
© Steve Lane 2006
Cumbria
© Nick Sampford 2005
%20030814_DM_43.jpg "Common Blue 2010 - Dave Miller")
Male
Near Heathrow
© Dave Miller 3 Aug 2014
Female
Harmondsworth Moor
© Dave Miller 2010
Female
Harmondsworth Moor
© Dave Miller 2010
Female
Stanwell Moor
© Dave Miller 28 May 2019
Male Underside
© Lee Browne 2005
Female Underside
Hemel Hempstead garden
© Malcolm Newland 2010
Mating pair
Near Heathrow
© Dave Miller 6 Aug 2016
ab. flavescens
Near Heathrow
© Dave Miller 14 Jun 2016
ab. discreta
Norton Green Common
© Peter Clarke 8 Jun 2017
__P8020060_04Aug03_43.jpg "Common Blue 2003 - Bob Clift")
ab. elongata
Bishop's Stortford
© Bob Clift 4 Aug 2003
Aberration
Bishop's Stortford Southern Country Park
© Bob Clift 6 Aug 2018
Larva - about 3mm long
Sewardstone
© Andrew Middleton 26 Sep 2004
Male
Therfield Heath
© Trevor Sawyer 23 Aug 2019
%20TherfieldHeath_31Aug19_MH_43.jpg "Adonis Blue 2019 - Malcolm Hull")
Female
Therfield Heath
© Malcolm Hull 31 Aug 2019
Male Underside
Therfield Heath
© Trevor Sawyer 23 Aug 2019
Female Underside
Therfield Heath
© James Fowler 2 Sep 2019
ab. krodeli
Aston Rowant
© Dave Miller 2 Sep 2017
Variant
Therfield Heath
© Ian Tulloch 25 Aug 2019
Mating pair
Therfield Heath
© James Fowler 2 Sep 2019
The Adonis Blue appears now to have been established at Therfield Heath after some specimens were seen in 2019 probably as a result of a
clandestine release. It was previously last recorded in Hertfordshire in 1959 (Sawford, 1987).
Male
Therfield Heath
© Clare Gray 2005
Female
Aldbury Nowers
© David Gower 2010
Female
Aldbury Nowers
© Paul Thrush 2010
%20260713_DM_43.jpg "Chalkhill Blue 2013 - Dave Miller")
Male underside
Aston Rowant
© Dave Miller 26 Jul 2013
Female underside
Aldbury Nowers
© David Gower 2010
Mating pair
Hexton
© Ian Hardy 2006
Aberration
Hexton Chalk Pit
© Andrew Wood 14 Jul 2018
%20variant%20TherfieldHeath_30Jul18_MJ.jpg "Chalkhill Blue variant 2018 - Martin Johnson")
Local variant
Therfield Heath
© Martin Johnson 30 Jul 2018
Feeding on dog poo
Therfield Heath
© Martin Johnson 22 Jul 2019
%20210816_DM.JPG "Brown Hairstreak 2016 - Dave Miller")
%20Bookham%20Commons%204Aug17.jpg "Brown Hairstreak 2017 - Peter Clarke")
%20Fairmile%20Common%2013Jun15_DM.JPG "Silver-studded Blue 2015 Dave Miller")
%20Fairmile%20Common%2013Jun15_DM.JPG "Silver-studded Blue 2015 Dave Miller")
%20030814_DM.JPG "Common Blue 2010 - Dave Miller")
__P8020060_04Aug03.jpg "Common Blue 2003 - Bob Clift")
%20TherfieldHeath_31Aug19_MH.jpg "Adonis Blue 2019 - Malcolm Hull")
%20260713_DM.JPG "Chalkhill Blue 2013 - Dave Miller")
