Showing posts with label Comma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Comma. Show all posts

Monday, April 9, 2012

Identification of a Comma?

Since I am new to butterflies and their identification was having difficulty naming the butterfly I saw last weekend.Sent off a few photographs to BugGuide and they identified it as a Gray Comma!I then looked at my two butterfly field guides to see if I could identify it with there descriptions.Here's two links from flickr showing notes on identification from my photographs,

http://www.flickr.com/photos/71308769@N02/7061069933/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/71308769@N02/7061069767/

And here`s a video of the same butterfly and a photograph taken from there,




Here`s the field guides used,
The Butterflies of Manitoba
Kaufman Field Guide to Butterflies of North America

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Favorite Butterfly Patch!

Finally some nice conditions for butterfly hunting!Went to some unused land off of Bournais Drive where last summer always saw many varieties.Found over 25 Mourning Cloaks,2 Comma's and 1 tattered Milbert's Tortoiseshell!The cloaks were chasing everything including any birds flying by and me!Was not looking for birds but did see new for the year Winter Wren and Eastern Phoebe!And saw two Woodchucks who use the extensive cement piles as home.Sure do give off a startling warning call!