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Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia)
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Copyright © 2007
Kenneth Dwain Harrelson
I'm Standing At The Crossroads -
Junonia coenia
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Norris City, White County, Illinois, USA
September 2, 2007
Not a data posting, I just thought this was an interesting image. Finally something without the typical field for a background.
I saw her standing there at the edge of the road, so how could I not take her picture?
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Contributed by
Kenneth Dwain Harrelson
on 4 September, 2007 - 12:39am
Last updated 7 May, 2008 - 1:16am
Just a quick note
to point out that "she's" a boy. Kind'a hard to tell in Buckeyes and most other Nymphalinae, because the male's claspers are small and hard to see withough brushing the "hair" away. The shape of the wings is fuller and rounder in female Buckeyes, and the abdomen would be a tad more pointed (and likely fatter).
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David J. Ferguson
, 23 December, 2008 - 2:22pm
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