Hoary Comma on Cascade Aster 5901 - a photo on Flickriver

            Before we left for Washington on this trip, I said I wanted a Mourning Cloak and a Comma - any comma - butterfly along with birds, of course. We get neither anywhere near where we live. I spotted this one going from one Cascade Aster bloom to another. Piece of cake! Forty minutes later, out of breath - me, not it - he finally landed long enough for the one and only shot I would ever have of a Hoary Comma. 

The hoary comma (Polygonia gracilis) is a species of butterfly, common in boreal North America from Alaska, across southern Canada to New England and the Maritime Provinces and south to New Mexico from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. The wings have a distinctive ragged edge. Well, that explains why we don't see it in northern California.  

The one problem with photographing a Comma is that, unless you get the wings flat, this butterfly will always look as though you used a fisheye lens!

Taken in: United States / Washington / Olympic Hot Springs (show map)

Taken on: September 18, 2012

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Hoary comma butterfly

Polygonia gracilis

then dies

Washington state near Port Angeles

Canon SX40

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Camera: Canon PowerShot SX40 HS, f/6.3, 1/640 sec, 150.5mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon PowerShot SX40 HS
Aperture:	f/6.3
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/640)
Focal Length:	150.5mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	ACDSee Pro 6
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