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Question Mark? - Polygonia
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Question Mark? - Polygonia
Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 12, 2024
Rather battered, poor thing, but Polygonia interrogationis? Wooded path, Malden end of the Middlesex Fells.

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Question Mark? - Polygonia Question Mark? - Polygonia
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Contributed by Maggie Furtak on 12 August, 2024 - 8:41pm
Last updated 25 August, 2024 - 8:53pm

Sure looks like Question Mark
The hindwing below has the distinctive question mark, and the forewing upperside has the black dash that other commas lack:
I'm not an expert, but I think it's safe to say this is Polygonia interrogationis.
… NathanScientific, 22 February, 2025 - 12:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Maggie Furtak, 25 August, 2024 - 8:53pm login or register to post comments

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