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Question Mark - Hodges#4420 (Polygonia interrogationis)
Photo#1512
Copyright © 2004
Troy Bartlett
Question Mark -
Polygonia interrogationis
Elachee Nature Center, Gainesville, Hall County, Georgia, USA
May 9, 2003
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Contributed by
Troy Bartlett
on 16 February, 2004 - 1:03pm
Why ?
Can anyone explain why this butterfly was named the Question Mark Butterfly?
I have a couple of photos here:
dhvp.net/jcdoss/garvan/index.htm
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Jason C. Doss
, 20 June, 2004 - 10:49am
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Gotta look underneath
Check this photo and it should be obvious:
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Troy Bartlett
, 20 June, 2004 - 8:43pm
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Sighting
I have a so-so photo of this butterfly taken at
Congaree Swamp National Monument
, South Carolina in June 2002.
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Mike Boone
, 27 March, 2004 - 11:06am
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