I Have the Blues...

...but not of the woe-is-me kind. Thank God! These pale common
blue butterflies have fascinated me for quite a while. They may
not be the blue-blooded members of the order Lepidoptera but
they're lovely in pale or dusky blue.

When the wings are at rest you only see the grey intricate
patterns on a white background. There's more of grey, though.
And difficult to photograph too, because they fly fast and when
they settle on the ground, or leaf, or bloom, it's only for a
short while.



There are so many kinds of garden spiders and I'd taken a
photo of this one the moment I'd seen it.

Little did I realise that a few days later I'd see this one
pretty blue butterfly in its clutches.

I gently pulled it away from the spider thinking I could save
it...I realised later it was a mistake and I shouldn't have
done that. I deprived the spider of its meal and did not
save the butterfly either.
Placing it on a leaf I clicked once and as soon as I was done,
a gust of wind blew it away into the midst of that clump of
salvia.

Among the common blue variety there are so many similar-looking
ones. This one does resemble, to a certain extent, the Pale Grass
Blue Zizeeria maha. Among this species, the male is said
to be a lighter shade of blue than the female's duskier one.

With so many winged visitors I thought I'd concentrate on them now.
What a pleasure it is to be outside anticipating which charmer with
wings all a-flutter will say to me, "Come, follow me!"