Today was an extra special day. At about mid-day I went to mow the lawn. Within 10 minutes, I was back to collect my digital camera. I'd found a Holly Blue near my evergreen hedge next to the front lawn. It was hovering over a bush. Now at least one human has mistaken this bush for a Magnolia, but this female Holly Blue wasn't fooled. She knew she'd found a Holly. The next few minutes were magical as I watched her depositing eggs and then I ran to get my camera. Here's my Holly Blue on the Holly. The movement and slight noises from my camera disturbed her. I took these pictures of the top view of her wings and a side view, and then I took the lawnmower and headed for the back garden hoping that if I left her in peace, then she would lay more eggs. I returned a little while later with my SLR to find that she had returned to egg-laying.