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Satyr Anglewing

Polygonia satyrus

Photo by Brian38
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Field Notes

Description:

Upperside is bright yellow-orange; forewing with two black spots near center of bottom edge; hindwing lacks a dark border, has a black spot in center of wing. Underside is light and dark golden brown, median band relatively straight; hindwing with a silver comma in center.

Habitat:

Spotted at the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, next to a riparian forest. Typical habitat: valley bottoms, along streams, wooded prairie ravines, marshes, openings in riparian woods, fields and edges near moist woods.

Notes:

Range: Southern Yukon and Northwest Territories south through western Canada and western United States to Baja California, southern Arizona, and southwest New Mexico; east across the Great Lakes states to northern New England and Nova Scotia.

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