Fish hatchery moth or butterfly

[Bill Anderson]

Fish hatchery butterfly

Here is a butterfly I photographed at the Willow Creek fish hatchery in Edmonds on Wednesday (4/2/14).




It looks like Polygonia faunus, aka the green comma. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Polygonia-faunus

Is it a local species or a visitor?

 

[squirl033]

looks more like a hoary comma than a green... they're native to the northwest.

 

[Bill Anderson]

looks more like a hoary comma than a green... they're native to the northwest.

Thanks, Rocky. I'll research it further.

 

[Bill Anderson]

Terry and I stopped by the fish hatchery after lunch on Monday (6/22/15). No birds were present, so we had to settle for photographing some insects.

Here is a pretty butterfly that was flying around the area.

 

[Bill Anderson]

For some reason, the bushes at the dead-end street by the fish hatchery, where we usually park our cars, attract butterflies. Here is one I saw Friday (4/8/16). I know it is native to the PNW, but I cannot remember its name.

 

[Bill Anderson]

Revisiting this thread. A white butterfly taken at the fish hatchery 5-10-17.