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Comma - Polygonia comma

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Size 1¾ - 2"
Egg Green keg shaped egg.
Caterpillar Light green / brown with branched spines along back.
Host / Food Hops, Nettles and Elm Trees
Broods 2 broods North, 3  broods south.
Habitat Riversides, wood edges, open woods and forests.
Range Maritime Provences, Quebec and Ontario, south to North Carolina, west to Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa.
Notes

Very curious butterfly that will fly to check out anything that moves.

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