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| October is off to a good start here. It's cool and sunny and there are patches of goldenrod. |
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| This angle-wing butterfly was flitting between asters and a white butterfly bush. Can you guess why it's called an angle-wing? (It's the jagged wing edges.) |
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| There are a few kinds of local angle-wings. This is an Eastern Comma. It is similar to one called the Question Mark butterfly. Together they are the punctuation butterflies. |
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| Here's why -- that little silver comma-shaped mark on the hind wing. Click to enlarge. Also note that it looks like a different butterfly with its wings closed, dark and drab. | |
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| Here's a question mark butterfly for comparison. Check out the punctuation on this guy. |
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| Amazing, right? |
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