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Eastern comma butterfly
Polygonia comma
35.9132, -79.0558
Field Notes
Description:
The first butterfly I saw this spring. This butterfly is seasonally variable. The upper side of the summer forms hind wings are all black, whereas the winter forms hind wings are reddish-orange. The underside of both forms is striped with dark and light brown. There is a silvery comma mark in the middle of the hindwing in both forms.
Habitat:
In the woods near a creek (Bolin Creek)
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