tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post5152387910184015121..comments2023-11-13T07:19:45.061+00:00Comments on CABINET OF CURIOSITIES: Comma in a CornfieldUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-36638407772187378632010-08-10T19:49:00.633+00:002010-08-10T19:49:00.633+00:00I know what you mean John, the emerging spring com...I know what you mean John, the emerging spring commas seem to be fairly short-lived. I sometimes see them on goat willow catkins.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-14734355918547148792010-08-10T19:47:52.057+00:002010-08-10T19:47:52.057+00:00Hi Keith, my buddleia is in flower now and I'm...Hi Keith, my buddleia is in flower now and I'm hoping some will visit that..Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-86783899289910315672010-08-07T08:15:42.725+00:002010-08-07T08:15:42.725+00:00Great photo Phil. I rarely see these until the sec...Great photo Phil. I rarely see these until the second brood so there should be some about here before too long.Midmarsh Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10980417659811194899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-9881660435575295992010-08-05T08:40:24.199+00:002010-08-05T08:40:24.199+00:00An unmistakeable butterfly. And a beauty too, with...An unmistakeable butterfly. And a beauty too, with those 'ragged' wings.holdingmomentshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16455039696354576430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-61052391239234133042010-08-04T18:11:06.033+00:002010-08-04T18:11:06.033+00:00Hi Nigel, I find it really encouraging that all th...Hi Nigel, I find it really encouraging that all these species have come back and are now quite common. Ringlets used to be scarce around here but this year they've been visiting my garden. Orange tips used to be scarce here when I first came to the north east in the 1970s.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-12804982491709323832010-08-04T18:08:02.175+00:002010-08-04T18:08:02.175+00:00Hi David, I get the impression that, where the but...Hi David, I get the impression that, where the butterfly recolonises, it forms quite local colonies. There are places around here where I expect to see it and others that have all the right habitat factors where I never find it...Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-26831988340655821292010-08-04T18:06:13.826+00:002010-08-04T18:06:13.826+00:00Hi lotusleaf, the last picture at http://cabinetof...Hi lotusleaf, the last picture at http://cabinetofcuriosities-greenfingers.blogspot.com/2010/07/ripon-canal.html of the underside of the wing, shows where the name comes fromPhilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-13033481287804128092010-08-04T18:02:49.260+00:002010-08-04T18:02:49.260+00:00Thanks Richard, it's a lovely butterfly. Buddl...Thanks Richard, it's a lovely butterfly. Buddleia is just coming into flower in my garden and I'm hoping that it will attract a few commas...Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15609107148344256875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-89985090861269996662010-08-04T08:19:51.552+00:002010-08-04T08:19:51.552+00:00I 'twitched' my first Comma at Widdrington...I 'twitched' my first Comma at Widdrington in the 90's. Other species that are common in Northumberland now were an amazing sight when I first saw them...Wall Brown in 1982, Peacock in 1992, Small skipper in 2005 and Speckled wood in 2007. My first Observer butterfly book had none of these species North of South Yorkshire.abbey meadowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293023923907992548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-61184360244998706562010-08-03T20:09:13.712+00:002010-08-03T20:09:13.712+00:00I've never seen the Comma Butterfly over here ...I've never seen the Comma Butterfly over here in North East Lancs. around our area Burnley Nelson and Colne. The nearest location to our area where I've seen it was in the nature reserve in Catterick Army Camp between Wensleydale and Swaledale.Orchids and Naturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11648202058915901862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-88582800744187060472010-08-03T13:47:00.395+00:002010-08-03T13:47:00.395+00:00Unusual butterfly with an unusual name.Unusual butterfly with an unusual name.lotusleafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02725791780240334964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4998479738444661160.post-44086600786489435722010-08-03T09:51:25.419+00:002010-08-03T09:51:25.419+00:00Thank you for this, Phil. Made all the more intere...Thank you for this, Phil. Made all the more interesting for me as it coincides with me photographing Comma in my garden yesterday (dark form). Keep up the good work - your blog has become a regular read for me!! Thank you again!Richard Peglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05115206853645323899noreply@blogger.com