I was a bit surprised this afternoon to see this butterfly and was happy to be able to get close enough for a pretty good photograph. It turns out that the commas overwinter as adults and they can be seen on warmer days, such as today. The name comes from a curved, comma shaped mark on the underside of their hind wings. Another species in the genus has a question mark (and therefore is called the question mark instead of a comma). It’s a pretty little thing and it really brightened up my day to come across it.
Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma)
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Thursday, November 08, 2018, Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma)
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#butterfly #comma #easterncomma #insect #insects #lepidoptera #orange #polygonia #polygoniacomma
See link to my blog in my bio, where there is more detail about each photo.