Small photograph of a Small Blue Click on the image to enlarge
Totternhoe, Beds.
27 May 2012
Small photograph of a Small Blue Click on the image to enlarge
Totternhoe, Beds.
27 May 2012
Small photograph of a Small Blue Click on the image to enlarge
Totternhoe, Beds.
27 May 2012
Small photograph of a Small Blue Click on the image to enlarge
Totternhoe, Beds.
27 May 2012
Small Blue Click on image to enlarge
Totternhoe, Beds
9 June 2013
Small Blue Click on image to enlarge
Totternhoe, Beds
9 June 2013
Small photograph of a Small Blue Click on the image to enlarge
Totternhoe, Beds.
19 June 2012
Small photograph of a Small Blue Click on the image to enlarge
Totternhoe, Beds.
19 June 2012

The Small Blue, Cupido minimus.

Our nearest colonies are in the Chiltern Hills, where the food plant, Kidney Vetch grows on the chalky soils.

The Small Blue has only one main brood per year, with the adults on the wing from late May to early July.

Internal links: Home . Butterfly list . Main Gallery . Totternhoe Quarry

External links to the Small Blue pages at: British Butterflies by Steven Cheshire . UK Butterflies by Peter Eeles
Search menu at Cockayne database for forms and aberrations

Personal Sightings:

27 May 2012. Totternhoe Quarry. 9 Small Blues.
19 June 2012. Totternhoe Quarry. 52 Small Blues.
9 June 2013. Totternhoe Quarry, a dullish day. 7 Small Blues.

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