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--- In CrexMeadowsNatureLovers@yahoogroups.com, "mn_windchill"
<mn_windchill@...> wrote:
> BTW, your email is invalid and you should change the setting so if a moderator
wants to contact you, they will have a valid way to do that.

Thanks for the heads-up windchill. I've been blissfully unaware all this time,
but have now corrected the email invalidation (I hope!). Guess I'm more suited
for spending time out on the wildlife areas rather than trying to figure out
internet forum procedures. :)

Going to visit the GLG properties tomorrow. Seems like I've spent about half of
my Fourth of Julys since 1989 at one or more of the GLG wildlife areas. Wind is
forecast to be light - should be good for plant photography.

Rick






Fri Jul 3, 2009 11:14 pm

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I've posted four photos in a new album titled "butterflies". They were not taken at Crex, but at home west of Minneapolis. I would appreciate confirmation or...
Rick
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Jun 30, 2009
2:47 am

Hi Rick Commas give me trouble. Always. Yours does not have the shadow dot on the forewing, but the yellow dots on the hindwing do not go far enough. But the...
mn_windchill
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Jun 30, 2009
11:54 am

Many thanks, windchill! I had a good look at the comma's underwing when I didn't have the camera. I don't recall seeing the "hooks" (look like serifs to me),...
Rick
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Jun 30, 2009
10:58 pm

It has been a long time, so I can't tell from the front. It is either a question mark or a comma, but you would have to see the back of the wing to tell. Bill...
Bill
wwblues
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Jul 2, 2009
1:26 am

Oh sure, you had to throw in the Question mark to further muck things up! :) It is vital for me (at this point in my self taught "what the heck is that"...
mn_windchill
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Jul 3, 2009
12:41 pm

As stated earlier, I did get a good look at the underwing before going for the camera. I'm confident it was a comma, not a Question Mark. My recollection is...
Rick
h.rick_luzula53
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Jul 3, 2009
9:11 pm

Hi Rick I am not sure Bill saw that part. I believe you have ID'd the butterfly correctly as a Gray. You saw the underside, we didnt. But I am glad Bill...
mn_windchill
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Jul 3, 2009
10:40 pm

... Thanks for the heads-up windchill. I've been blissfully unaware all this time, but have now corrected the email invalidation (I hope!). Guess I'm more...
Rick
h.rick_luzula53
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Jul 3, 2009
11:15 pm

... Hi, Rick. I agree, yours is a Comma. I managed to sneak up on a Comma in my back yard yesterday that had the "serifs" you were talking about, I think....
Bill
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Jul 7, 2009
3:21 am

... Bill, Those are some really nice photos you posted. Check out the proboscis in the fourth pic! It has been windchill's butterfly reports that have spurred...
Rick
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Jul 7, 2009
3:57 am

Hi Rick This is the first I have heard of a forehead mark. I immediately flashed back to this may, after reading on wisconsinbutterflies.org, one of the ways...
mn_windchill
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Jul 7, 2009
10:41 pm

... Forewing mark, not forehead mark. I read about this in the Kaufman guide, "Butterflies of North America". I can't reproduce their photo but can link to a...
Rick
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Jul 8, 2009
12:00 am

Hi Rick OK Now I know what you mean. Whew. I really wasnt looking forward to comparing foreheads (along with nosehairs, hairylegs, etc). I call it the shadow...
mn_windchill
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Jul 8, 2009
2:28 am

Thank you for this. As far as I am concerned this is the highest complement a person can give me....
mn_windchill
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Jul 7, 2009
10:54 pm

Hi Bill Yours is a comma and yes those are the 'hooks' on the ends of the comma. Yes, the Question mark is named for that two part comma. Finally, outstanding...
mn_windchill
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Jul 7, 2009
10:30 pm

... Bill's comma has the hooks on the underwing comma and shadow dots on the forewing, so it is an Eastern Comma, right? Rick...
Rick
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Jul 8, 2009
12:09 am

... comma. ... the forewing, so it is an Eastern Comma, right? ... Maybe it a "Times" comma instead of an "Arial" comma. :-) Bill [Non-text portions of this...
Bill
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Jul 8, 2009
12:53 am

________________________________ From: Bill <wwblues2@...> To: CrexMeadowsNatureLovers@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 7, 2009 7:52:49 PM Subject:...
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Jul 8, 2009
12:58 am

The "times comma" has been renamed. Its "Apostate Quotation Mark" Now stop that! People are trying to learn sumpfen here. ~windchill~...
mn_windchill
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Jul 8, 2009
2:35 am

Yeppers! Eastern Comma. ~windchill~...
mn_windchill
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Jul 8, 2009
2:31 am

... Thanks, 'chill. I'd never heard of one of those before. Just wish I could have gotten a shot of spread wings. Of course, when it did that, there was no...
Bill
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