{"id":6559,"date":"2015-03-23T06:23:35","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T10:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/?p=6559"},"modified":"2015-03-23T06:43:26","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T10:43:26","slug":"comma-in-new-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=6559","title":{"rendered":"Comma in New Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Comma Butterfly, Randell Davies Audubon Sanctuary, Santa Fe NM<\/p><\/div>\n

I know, there is no comma in New Mexico, but I mentioned in the Mourning Cloak post a few days ago that we had also seen a Comma \/ Question Mark butterfly up Bear Canyon at the Randell Davies Audubon Sanctuary, but I was not sure which one. The distinguishing feature is a small mark on the back of the wing, and it certainly takes some imagination even then (or it does for me). However, in researching a bit last week I found that you can reliably distinguish Comma form Question Mark from above. This is definitely a Comma. It has the heavily fringed wings and the correct pattern of dots and dashes on the fore-wing. I think, actually, that makes it my first<\/em> Comma, and certainly an unexpected butterfly for canyon high above Santa Fe, New Mexico in March.<\/p>\n

Sony HX400V at 1200mm equivalent field of view. 1\/320th @ ISO 80 @ f6.3. Processed and cropped for scale in Lightroom on my Surface Pro 3 tablet.<\/p>\n

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