Hertfordshire & Middlesex Branch

The Blues

All the pictures of British 'blues' shown on the original sightings page

• Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus)
• Small Blue (Cupido minimus)
• Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus)
• Large Blue (Maculinea arion)
• Silver-studded Blue (Plebejus argus)
• Brown Argus (Aricia agestis)
• Northern Brown Argus (Aricia artaxerxes)
• Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)
• Adonis Blue (Polyommatus bellargus)
• Chalkhill Blue (Polyommatus coridon)
• Lycanenidae 1 - Lycaeninae - Hairstreaks
• Lycanenidae 2 - Lycaeninae - Coppers
• Photo Library Index

---

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
61.008 BF1567 - Long-tailed Blue	Lampides boeticus	Vagrant

	Cley, Norfolk 20th July 2002 © photo: Nick Sampford

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
61.010 BF1569 - Small Blue	Cupido minimus	Recolonised several sites in Hertfordshire

21.06.10 Aldbury Nowers © photo: Paul Thrush	Fields beneath Aldbury Nowers © photo: Steve Kiln	Fields beneath Aldbury Nowers © photo: Steve Kiln
Bedfordshire © photo: Robin Pearson	Bedfordshire © photo: Robin Pearson	Bedfordshire © photo: Robin Pearson
21.06.10 Aldbury Nowers © photo: Paul Thrush	Telegraph Hill 2009 © photo: Darin Stanley	Telegraph Hill 2009 © photo: Darin Stanley
Aldbury Nowers © photo: Malcolm Hull	Aldbury Nowers © photo: Malcolm Hull	Aldbury Nowers © photo: Malcolm Hull
Bedfordshire © photo: Andrew Palmer	Bedfordshire © photo: Andrew Palmer	Bedfordshire © photo: Andrew Palmer
mating pair Bedfordshire © photo: Sandra Standbridge	Martin Down © photo: Steve Lane	Martin Down © photo: Steve Lane
College Lake, nr Tring © photo: Allen Beechey	College Lake, nr Tring © photo: Allen Beechey	Dorset © photo: Lee Browne
College Lakes, nr Tring © photo: Colin Sturges	© photo: Trevor Chapman	© photo: Nick Sampford
Dorset © photo: Nick Sampford	Bedfordshire © photo: Sandra Standbridge	Dorset © photo: Andrew Middleton

---

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
61.012 BF1580 - Holly Blue	Celastrina argiolus	Resident

Larva on Alder Buckthorn, Ponders End © photo: Andrew Middleton	Harpenden © photo: Robin Pearson	Stanwell Moor © photo: Dave Miller
Sheltering Holly Blue Watford © photo: Archie Lang	Sheltering Holly Blue day 2 Watford © photo: Archie Lang	Sheltering Holly Blue day 2 Watford © photo: Archie Lang
Hayes © photo: Helen George	Stanwell Moor © photo: Dave Miller	Greenford garden © photo: Alessandro Giusti
Hitchin © photo: Val Fullforth	Hitchin © photo: Val Fullforth	River Colne to Jnct 4 M25 walk © photo: Dave Miller
Stevenage © photo: Ian Hardy	Colne Valley Park © photo: Sezar Hikmet	St Albans © photo: Brian Knight
Fishers Green © photo: Sandra Standbridge	Buckhurst Hill © photo: Mark Barclay	Harpenden © photo: Robin Pearson
Thundridge © photo: Nick Sampford	Bengeo © photo: Andrew Wood	Stevenage © photo: Lee Browne
Hertford © photo: Richard Bigg	Wheathampstead © photo: Trevor Chapman	Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane
Balls Wood © photo: Andrew Wood	Hertford © photo: Richard Bigg	© photo: Archie Lang

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
61.013 BF1581 - Large Blue	Maculinea arion	Non-Resident

West Country © photo: Steve Lane	Egg - West Country 2004 © photo: Nick Sampford	West Country © photo: Liz Goodyear
West Country © photo: Nick Sampford	West Country © photo: Nick Sampford	West Country © photo: Steve Lane
West Country © photo: Liz Goodyear	2006 © photo: Steve Lane	2007 © photo: Darin Stanley

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
61.014 BF1571 - Silver-studded Blue	Plebejus argus	No modern records

© photo: Steve Lane	© photo: Steve Lane
Hampshire © photo: Nick Sampford	Hampshire © photo: Nick Sampford	Surrey © photo: Alan Reynolds
© photo: Clive Burrows	Hampshire © photo: Nick Sampford

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
61.015 BF1572 - Brown Argus	Aricia agestis	Resident

Stevenage © photo: Lee Browne	Stevenage © photo: Lee Browne
Stanwell Moor © photo: Dave Miller	Stanwell Moor © photo: Dave Miller	Stanwell Moor © photo: Dave Miller
Harmondsworth Moor © photo: Dave Miller	Stanwell Moor © photo: Dave Miller	Wood Lane, Pirton © photo: Val Fullforth
Aldbury Nowers © photo: Clare Gray (HMWT)	Aldbury Nowers © photo: Clare Gray (HMWT)	(showing clear idenfication features) Brunel Bicentenary Gardens © photo: Roger Morton
Aldbury Nowers © photo: Robin Pearson	Aldbury Nowers © photo: Andrew Steele	Fir & Pond Wood HMWT © photo: David Gompertz
Aldbury Nowers © photo: Paul Thrush	Aldbury Nowers © photo: Paul Thrush
Aldbury Nowers © photo: Dave Mackenzie	Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane	Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane
Uxbridge, Middlesex © photo: Steve Pash	Uxbridge, Middlesex © photo: Steve Pash	Waterford Heath © photo: Tim Hill
Bricket Wood © photo: Glen Barnes	Fishers Green © photo: Sandra Standbridge	Bricket Wood © photo: Glen Barnes
Aldbury Nowers © photo: Colin Sturges	Great Ashby Park, Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane	Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane
Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane	Bedfordshire © photo: Sandra Standbridge	Great Ashby Park, Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane
Aldbury Nowers © photo: Malcolm Hull	Aldbury Nowers © photo: Ian Hardy	Near Bramfield © photo: Andrew Wood
Near Bramfield © photo: Andrew Wood	Therfield Heath © photo: Andrew Gaskin	Bedfordshire © photo: Sandra Standbridge
An unusual form Knebworth area © photo: Lee Browne	Bedfordshire © photo: Trevor Chapman	© photo: Nick Sampford
Aldbury Nowers © photo: Allen Beechey	© photo: Nick Sampford	Bedfordshire © photo: Sandra Standbridge
Aldbury Nowers © photo: Malcolm Hull	Fir & Pond Wood © photo: David Gompertz	Aldbury Nowers © photo: Martin Parr

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
61.016 BF1573 - Northern Brown Argus	Aricia artaxerxes	Non-resident

© photo: Nick Sampford	Cumbria © photo: Nick Sampford	© photo: Steve Lane

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
61.018 BF1574 - Common Blue	Polyommatus icarus	Resident

	Larva - about 3mm long (26th September 2004) Sewardstone © photo: Andrew Middleton
Hemel Hempstead garden © photo: Malcolm Newland	Hemel Hempstead garden © photo: Malcolm Newland	Hemel Hempstead garden © photo: Malcolm Newland
Aldbury Nowers © photo: Paul Thrush	Aldbury Nowers © photo: David Gower
Stanwell Moor © photo: Dave Miller	With spider Stanwell Moor © photo: Dave Miller	Stanwell Moor © photo: Dave Miller
River Colne to Jnct 4 M25 walk © photo: Dave Miller	Stanwell Moor © photo: Dave Miller	Stanwell Moor © photo: Dave Miller
male Harmondsworth Moor © photo: Dave Miller	female Harmondsworth Moor © photo: Dave Miller	female Harmondsworth Moor © photo: Dave Miller
Dorset © photo: Helen George	Aldbury Nowers © photo: Robin Pearson	Aldbury Nowers © photo: Robin Pearson
Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane	Aldbury Nowers © photo: Dave Mackenzie	Aldbury Nowers © photo: Andrew Steele
Fir & Pond Wood HMWT © photo: David Gompertz	Fishers Green © photo: Sandra Standbridge	Frogmore © photo: Ian Hardy
Balls Wood © photo: Andrew Wood	Near Hertford © photo: Richard Bigg	Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane
© photo: Nick Sampford	© photo: Allen Beechey	St. Michael's Mead, Bishops Stortford © photo: Bob Clift
© photo: Allen Beechey	Pirton © photo: Andrew Gaskin	© photo: Allen Beechey
Martin Down, nr Salisbury © photo: Nick Sampford	2nd Brood © photo: Allen Beechey	Martin Down, nr Salisbury © photo: Nick Sampford
St. Michael's Mead, Bishops Stortford © photo: Bob Clift	Cornmill Meadow © photo: Sandra Standbridge	Hemel Hempstead © photo: David Newland
© photo: Lee Browne	Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane	College Lakes, nr Tring © photo: Colin Sturges
Usual form Common Blue 2001 © photo: Andrew Middleton	Unusual form Common Blue 2001 © photo: Andrew Middleton	Unusual form Common Blue 2001 © photo: Andrew Middleton
Unusual form Common Blue 2001 © photo: Andrew Middleton	Lacking inner dot on under-forewing (as per brown argus) 2005 Brimsdown © photo: Andrew Middleton	© photo: Nick Sampford

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
61.019 BF1576 - Adonis Blue	Polyommatus bellargus	Possibly now restricted resident

Dorset © photo: Sandra Standbridge	Female Buckinghamshire © photo: Bob Cripps	Female Buckinghamshire © photo: Bob Cripps
Dorset © photo: Sandra Standbridge	Isle of Wight © photo: Steve Lane	Isle of Wight © photo: Steve Lane
© photo: Steve Lane	Dorset © photo: Lee Browne
Dorset © photo: Nick Sampford	© photo: Nick Sampford	Surrey © photo: David Chandler
Dorset © photo: Nick Sampford	Surrey © photo: David Chandler	Dorset © photo: Sandra Standbridge

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
Chalkhill Blue	Polyommatus coridon	Restricted resident

	Female Aldbury Nowers © photo: Paul Thrush
Aldbury Nowers © photo: David Gower	Female Aldbury Nowers © photo: David Gower	Aldbury Nowers © photo: David Gower
Aldbury Nowers © photo: David Gower	Aldbury Nowers © photo: Paul Thrush	Hexton © photo: Paul Thrush
Hexton © photo: Ian Woiwod	Hexton © photo: Ian Woiwod	Hexton © photo: Steve Lane
Hexton © photo: Ian Hardy	Hexton © photo: Darin Stanley	Hexton © photo: Darin Stanley
Hexton © photo: Geoff Horn	Hexton © photo: Geoff Horn	Hexton © photo: Geoff Horn
Kingsmead, Ware © photo: Alan Reynolds	Kingsmead, Ware © photo: Alan Reynolds	Kingsmead, Ware © photo: Alan Reynolds
© photo: Allen Beechey	Therfield Heath, nr Royston © photo: Nick Sampford	Therfield Heath, nr Royston © photo: Clare Gray
Aldbury Nowers 2004 © photo: Glen Barnes	Aldbury Nowers 2004 © photo: Glen Barnes	Therfield Heath, nr Royston © photo: Nick Sampford
Therfield Heath, nr Royston © photo: Clare Gray	Therfield Heath, nr Royston © photo: Clare Gray	Therfield Heath, nr Royston © photo: Nick Sampford
Mating pair Pitstone Hill 2004 © photo: Glen Barnes	A variable Chalk-hill Blue Therfield Heath, nr Royston © photo: June Crew	A variable Chalk-hill Blue Therfield Heath, nr Royston © photo: June Crew
Showing only two spots across the base of the hind wing close to the body nr Pirton 2005 © photo: Richard Bigg	Showing only two spots across the base of the hind wing close to the body nr Pirton 2005 © photo: Richard Bigg	Therfield Heath, nr Royston © photo: Clare Gray