I found this blue, and several others, roosting in the long grass on Yateley common. With each passing year, ths butterfly fades away from our memory even as it disppears from the heaths. With its complex ecology - (associated with an ant which needs heather of a certain length)- the blue quickly vanishes if the bell heather gets too long. Lack of grazing since 1940 has led to the heaths becoming overgrown.....and the butterfly has all but gone. See it while you can.
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