using lxd from ppa:ubuntu-lxc/lxd-stable on trusty is showing an issue that's new to me:
with this recent image:
ubuntu@rickross:~⟫ lxc image list
+--------+--------------+--------+--------------------------------------+--------+----------+-------------------------------+
| ALIAS | FINGERPRINT | PUBLIC | DESCRIPTION | ARCH | SIZE | UPLOAD DATE |
+--------+--------------+--------+--------------------------------------+--------+----------+-------------------------------+
| ubuntu | 1032903165a6 | no | Ubuntu 14.04 LTS server (20160114.5) | x86_64 | 118.21MB | Jan 27, 2016 at 11:00pm (UTC) |
+--------+--------------+--------+--------------------------------------+--------+----------+-------------------------------+