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satyr comma (Polygonia satyrus) - Polygonia comma
Copyright © 2006 Dennis Llewellyn

satyr comma (Polygonia satyrus) - Polygonia comma
mattoon, off hwy d, woods by church hill, shawano County, Wisconsin, USA
May 19, 2006
i started seeing them like 3 weeks ago about 1 to 2 weeks aftyer i saw the first eastern commas of the year
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Contributed by Dennis Llewellyn on 26 May, 2006 - 4:24am
Last updated 3 June, 2006 - 3:53pm

Gray Comma
This is Polygonia progne. The dark hind wing with small isolated pale spots by the hindwing margin, and the lack of a dark markings in the middle of the hind wing are both characteristic.
… David J. Ferguson, 20 September, 2007 - 5:20pm login or register to post comments

Not satyr, I think -
for one thing, the hind wing doesn't have the central dark spot listed here as an identifying characteristic.

Looks a lot like this Eastern Comma to me - what makes you think it's not this species?

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 26 May, 2006 - 6:48am login or register to post comments

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