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Comma (40)
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![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2964 W: 366 N: 3848]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (11751) | I saw the beautiful bright orange from quite a distance and I tried to approach the butterfly for a photograph but, a second Comma entered into the airspace and a battle began. These are highly territorial and I wathced the pair fight. Wings fluttering and colliding with each other up to heights of 40 ft, descending again to fight in and around the nettles. I wondered how they stay looking so good. My question was answered when the fighting pair were resting, I got a shot of each. I could now see just how battered and smashed up these chaps are. And if you think this one is bruised, you should have seen the other guy.
The ragged underside wings of the Comma resemble dead leaves, they also bear a small white mark in the shape of a comma. The adults can overwinter, hiding with pefect camouflage in hedges and undergrowth. Foodplants for the larvae are nettles, hops and elm.
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