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Chalkhill Blue on Marjoram

A chalkhill blue butterfly with dew-covered wings rests on a flowering marjoram plant during the soft light of dawn.

A chalkhill blue roosting on a dew-soaked marjoram head at dawn, silver droplets strung along the fringe of its closed wings and across the underside spots, low sun behind turning the wings pale and translucent, 100mm macro at 1.5:1, downland haze See more

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