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Comma butterfly

Polygonia comma

Description:

A Comma butterfly spotted along the boardwalk that goes through the central wetland area at Huntley Meadows Park. Notice the curved white mark on the underside of the butterfly's wings that resembles a "comma" punctuation mark.

Habitat:

Huntley Meadows Park, a 1,425 acre wetland area in Fairfax County, Virginia USA. Related Resource: http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/huntl...

Notes:

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1 Comment

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 11 years ago

Very nice!

Geodialist
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Geodialist

Virginia, USA

Spotted on May 17, 2012
Submitted on Jun 22, 2012

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