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Eastern Comma

Polygonia comma

Photo by AndrewReago
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

This Eastern Comma butterfly was nectaring on wild aster with many other butterflies and insects in Alton Missouri's Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary.

Habitat:

Small brushy field near a forest remnant along the Mississippi River

Reference Links:

Eastern Comma - Polygonia comma - Overview

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Ava T-B
Welcome to Project Noah, AndrewReago, I hope you like the site as much we do; there are many features you can explore: I invite you to go to http://www.projectnoah.org/faq where you will find the purpose and “rules” of Project Noah. There is a blog http://blog.projectnoah.org/ where we post articles from spotters with special insight into different organisms. There are also the chats for help with identification, and to comment on your own and others’ spottings. Look at the global and local missions to put your spottings into:http://www.projectnoah.org/missions Enjoy yourself here, see you around!
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PublishedNovember 4, 2013

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