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Oreas Comma (Polygonia oreas)Observer
selwellDescription
@steveansell looks goods to me
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Commas (Genus Polygonia)Observer
selwellDescription
@norbertkondla there were a lot of Oreas/Hoary butterflies. This one I felt looked like Oreas but not sure on a lot of the others seen at this location. A lot of the host plant for the Oreas in the area
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Subalpine Fleabane (Erigeron glacialis)Observer
niel_brady_mathesDescription
Growing in along a Subalpine mountain meadow along Nickle plate Road just West of Apex Village.
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Anicia Checkerspot (Euphydryas anicia)Observer
niel_brady_mathesDescription
A male Anicia Checkeredspot mud puddling along a ditch near Grand Oro Road.
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Sylvan Hairstreak (Satyrium sylvinus)Observer
niel_brady_mathesDescription
A female drinking nectar from Ascelpas speciousa Showy Milkweed flowers.
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niel_brady_mathesDescription
A Male drinking nectar from Canada Goldenrod Solidago canadiensis; along the shore of Twin Lakes BC.
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Chryxus Arctic (Oeneis chryxus)Observer
niel_brady_mathesDescription
A male rating on the sand along Grand Oro road.
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niel_brady_mathesDescription
A Male Christina Sulphur flying along Grand Oro road.
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Zephyr Comma (Polygonia gracilis ssp. zephyrus)Observer
niel_brady_mathesDescription
A Male Zephyr Comma puddling along Grand Oro road.
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Blue Copper (Tharsalea heteronea)Observer
niel_brady_mathesDescription
3Females drinking nectar from Canada Golden Rod Solidago Canadiens near the shore of Twin Lakes BC.
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niel_brady_mathesDescription
A Male Satyrium Titus drinking nectar from Golden Goldenrod. Along Twin Lakes.
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Sagebrush Sooty Hairstreak (Satyrium semiluna)Observer
niel_brady_mathesDescription
Near White Lake drinking nectar from Parsnip Flowered Buckwheat Erigonium heracloides. Here you see 2 different forms. These could be a pair.
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Boisduval's Blue (Icaricia icarioides)Observer
niel_brady_mathesDescription
A Female Boisduval’s blue; the Sagebrush half moon/ sooty hairstreak look alike drinking nectar from Erigonium heracloides the Parsnip flowered Buckwheat.
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Juniper Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus)Observer
niel_brady_mathesDescription
A male keeping watch against intruders.
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Common Sootywing (Pholisora catullus)Observer
niel_brady_mathesDescription
A female sunbathing on a leg in the sun.
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Sheridan's Hairstreak (Callophrys sheridanii)Observer
niel_brady_mathesDescription
I saw several specimens of this species but I wasn’t able to get any good photos of them. I saw 7 on Saturday. Some were drinking nectar from sagebrush buttercups.
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Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia)Observer
niel_brady_mathesDescription
I caught this male specimen on July 25, 2003 on the edge of my friends’s neighbour’s driveway. It was perched on a Verbena bracteata {Bracted vervain.}
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Western Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio rutulus)Observer
coridxnDescription
20’c mostly sunny breezy This was one of 21 swallowtails seen congregating, and appeared to possibly be two tailed with the rest being tiger and pale?
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Sheridan's Hairstreak (Callophrys sheridanii)Observer
niel_brady_mathesDescription
Sex is male. It was one of the first species of hairstreaks that I seen in Olalla BC that year.
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Western Green Hairstreak (Callophrys affinis)Observer
niel_brady_mathesDescription
Here's a Female puddling In a Large Puddle Near Km2 just West of Olalla Creek Canyon Road Similkameen Valley, Olalla , British Columbia, Canada.
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niel_brady_mathesDescription
The next photo I captured it to show the dorsal view of inside the wings of this handsome male Christina Sulphur.
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Engelmann Spruce (Picea engelmannii)Observer
shawnb2Description
Cone scales thin, pale, and jagged. Pretty sure the cones came from the photographed tree. In the last photo, tallest tree in the centre
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Green Comma (Polygonia faunus)Observer
niel_brady_mathesDescription
A male. He was resting on the pathway on the ground just in front of one of the Salix discolour Pussy Willow see photo 2 near Robbie Creek photo one is him sunbathing on a white stem gooseberry bush Ribes inerme and this is photo 1.
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Bald-faced Hornet (Dolichovespula maculata)Observer
niel_brady_mathesDescription
A Queen hibernating under a black cottonwood decaying branch.
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Western Yellowjacket (Vespula pensylvanica)Observer
niel_brady_mathesDescription
A drone resting on my mom’s Prunus tormentors Nanking Cherry shrub leaf.
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Hoary Comma (Polygonia gracilis)Observer
marlenejohnstonDescription
glorious sunny days are bringing out butterflies; small white, painted lady and red admiral
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Western Green Hairstreak (Callophrys affinis)Observer
johndreynoldsDescription
South Okanagan Grasslands Protected Area, above Osoyoos West Bench, BC, Canada
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Pacific Silver Fir (Abies amabilis)Observer
niel_brady_mathesDescription
When I was photographing Tsuga Mertensia the Mountain hemlock; I also found myself photographing Amabilis fir and Yellow Cedar.
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Green Comma (Polygonia faunus)Observer
vsmith2019Description
Observed while surveying Sylvan Lake personal transect. Flying around by the lakeshore. Landed on a birch and then along the edge of an old wood pile. Not sure if I have the ID right - I think its a Comma of some kind but I might have the wrong species.
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Oreas Comma (Polygonia oreas)Observer
finaticDescription
Park County, Montana, US
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Oreas Comma (Polygonia oreas)Observer
paul_dennehyDescription
A note to anyone editing data quality or annotations: This specimen was alive when I collected it, and the data given reflect the time and place when the insect was observed alive.
Please adhere to iNat’s guidelines and do not mark this observation as “captive” or “dead”, as this causes problems for researchers attempting to find species records.
iNat's definition of a "wild" observation explicitly includes "your museum/herbarium specimens that are appropriately marked with date and location of original collection". The data given are the date and location of original capture, and as such, this observation should not be marked as captive. See #5 of the observation FAQ on the forum: https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/help#captive
The "dead" annotation should only be used if the organism was dead at the time of the observation. The question of insect specimen annotations has been had on the forums, and specimens which are dead in the photo but were alive at the time of capture should be annotated as "alive", not "dead". See here for discussion:
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/annotate-dead-or-alive/17537
Thanks!
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Oreas Comma (Polygonia oreas)Observer
butterfliesoforegonDescription
Oreas Comma
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Compton Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis l-album)Observer
fjmckennyDescription
Butterfly
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Hoary Comma (Polygonia gracilis)Observer
johndreynoldsDescription
1 shot and it was gone. 2400 m. Cathedral Provincial Park, BC, Canada
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Commas (Genus Polygonia)Observer
judithofsquamishDescription
on willlow at Lake of the Woods, abvout 2000 metres elevation
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niel_brady_mathesDescription
A male sunbathing on a dead tree branch. All photos are of it alive except for the ventral photo it is dead because I collected it for my collection; also the last three photos. To help others with their specimen I’d . Some of the Black Mine road specimens are very dark almost like the Silenus subspecies of Oreas Comma. This could be where both Threatfuli and Silenus overlap and we may see a mixture of genetics.
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Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma)Observer
joebartokDescription
Winter form.
The third spot on the hind wing is very faint in this individual.
