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--Apple-Mail-26-462751561 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed John Klymko alerted me that I had neglected to send this to you all. Thanks, John! from Jim in Wolfville. > From: James W. Wolford [mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca] > Sent: June-08-12 5:48 PM > To: Jim Wolford; John Klymko > Subject: question mark butterfly, Wolfville, names, & Mar. > Butterfly Atlas > > JUNE 8, 2012 - Today at home I was lucky to observe a slow-flying > orange butterfly, size of a painted lady, and luckily it flitted > back to some flowers by me, landed, and spread its wings. I was > surprised to see that it was one of the comma group, Polygonia > spp., which in my experience are frustratingly fast and difficult > to follow and then find when still. This one, when I awkwardly > looked under the hind wing, it proved to be a Question Mark > Butterfly, Polygonia interrogationis . What a neat Latinized name, > eh? For the butterflies in the comma group, the silvery-white > small mark under the hind wing is what usually has to be seen, and > the commas/question-marks usually fold their wings up when the > land, making it easy to see the field mark (but good binoculars or > a very cooperative butterfly are necessary for diagnosis). More > good reasons for the Maritimes Butterfly Atlas to be emphasizing > collections and photographs rather than undocumented sightings! > John Klymko is still collecting volunteers! This is year 3? of the > 5-year project. > > Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. --Apple-Mail-26-462751561 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> John Klymko alerted me that I had neglected to send this to you all. = Thanks, John! from Jim in Wolfville.<br><div><br><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: = separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: = normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: = normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: = 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div = class=3D"Section1" style=3D"page: Section1; "><div><div = style=3D"border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; = border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; = border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); = border-top-width: 1pt; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 0cm; = padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-left: 0cm; "><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; = margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span lang=3D"EN-US" = style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; = ">From:</span></b><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size: 10pt; = font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>James W. Wolford [<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>]<= span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><b>Sent:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>June-08-12 5:48 = PM<br><b>To:</b><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Jim = Wolford; John Klymko<br><b>Subject:</b><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>question mark butterfly, = Wolfville, names, & Mar. Butterfly = Atlas<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; = margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; = "><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; = margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span = style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">JUNE 8, = 2012<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span = style=3D"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">- Today at = home I was lucky to observe a<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>slow-flying orange = butterfly</b>, size of a painted lady, and luckily it flitted back to = some flowers by me, landed, and spread its wings. I was surprised = to see that it was one of the comma group,<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Polygonia</i><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>spp., which in my = experience are frustratingly fast and difficult to follow and then find = when still. This one, when I awkwardly looked under the hind wing, = it proved to be a<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Question Mark = Butterfly</b>,<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><i><span = style=3D"font-family: Times, serif; ">Polygonia = interrogationis</span></i><span style=3D"font-family: Times, serif; = "><span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>. What a neat = Latinized name, eh? For the butterflies in the comma group, the = silvery-white small mark under the hind wing is what usually has to be = seen, and the commas/question-marks usually fold their wings up when the = land, making it easy to see the field mark (but good binoculars or a = very cooperative butterfly are necessary for diagnosis). More good = reasons for the Maritimes Butterfly Atlas to be emphasizing collections = and photographs rather than undocumented sightings! John Klymko is = still collecting volunteers! This is year 3? of the 5-year = project.</span><o:p></o:p></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; = font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; = "><o:p> </o:p></div></div><div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; = margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: = 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style=3D"font-family:= Times, serif; ">Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.</span><o:p></o:p></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div><b= r></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-26-462751561--
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