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The underside of the comma (in flight) had me confused. It just didn't match the records. Then I figured it out, the top pattern is showing through because of the light - DUH!DAve
You have several species on this nice picture.Comma, Polygonia c-album:http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/phpBB/gal...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygonia_c...European Peaock, Inachis io:http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/phpBB/gal...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inachis_ioPurple Coneflower, Echinacea purpurea:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinacea_p...There is also a honey bee and a yellow meadow flower, which I can't see clearly enough to get a proper ID.Please, remember only upload pictures with a single organism or make separate spottings of each.
Spotted on Aug 4, 2013 Submitted on Feb 2, 2014
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The underside of the comma (in flight) had me confused. It just didn't match the records. Then I figured it out, the top pattern is showing through because of the light - DUH!
DAve
You have several species on this nice picture.
Comma, Polygonia c-album:
http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/phpBB/gal...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygonia_c...
European Peaock, Inachis io:
http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/phpBB/gal...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inachis_io
Purple Coneflower, Echinacea purpurea:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinacea_p...
There is also a honey bee and a yellow meadow flower, which I can't see clearly enough to get a proper ID.
Please, remember only upload pictures with a single organism or make separate spottings of each.