Holly Blue
(Celastrina argiolus)
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Taken on August 16, 2010 on Ivy bud


Chorlton, Manchester - 30.7.06



Taken on August 23, 2014 at base of Ivy flower heads in Briantspuddle
Ovum (Egg):

Taken on August 23, 2014 within 1 day of hatching. - Briantspuddle, Dorset

Taken on August 23, 2014 within 1 day of hatching. - Briantspuddle, Dorset

Taken on August 28, 2014 (Briantspuddle, Dorset) - Note feeding hole on Ivy bud

Taken on August 31, 2014 (Briantspuddle, Dorset)

Taken on September 10, 2014 (Briantspuddle, Dorset)



September 2012 (Muscliffe, Dorset)

Taken on September 04, 2014 (Briantspuddle, Dorset) - Feeding

Taken on September 04, 2014 (Briantspuddle, Dorset) - Note usually-hidden head and neat, circular, feeding hole

(4th Instar) Taken on September 4, 2014 - Briantspuddle, Dorset

Fletcher Moss Gardens, Didsbury 3.9.06 - 23.9.06

Taken on August 31, 2014 (Briantspuddle, Dorset)

Taken on September 10, 2014 - Briantspuddle, Dorset

With remains of parasitised larva it emerged from -Taken on September 13, 2014
Larva (Caterpillar):

Fletcher Moss Gardens, Didsbury 3.9.06 - 29.9.06


Taken on September 19, 2014

Taken on September 19, 2014
![Holly Blue - Pupa - [Reared]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6dead5_9e26473ef8154cbebbcafc3dcbb81a36.png/v1/fill/w_980,h_646,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/6dead5_9e26473ef8154cbebbcafc3dcbb81a36.png)
20/03/2015 in Dorset © Andrew Cooper
![Holly Blue - Pupa - [Reared]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6dead5_02176ba32cf54a79b300b99118a40cf9.png/v1/fill/w_980,h_644,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/6dead5_02176ba32cf54a79b300b99118a40cf9.png)
20/03/2015 in Dorset © Andrew Cooper
Pupa (Chrysalis):


Oviposition:
Copulation:
Imago (Adult)
