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Atlas of North Dakota Butterflies

BND: Hop Merchant; Polygonia comma (Harris, 1842)
BNA: Eastern Comma ; Polygonia comma
NDC: POCO

Habitat: Shady woodlands, sunlit patches late afternoon; adults drink running sap and juices of rotting fruit
Larval food: Urtica spp., possibly also Ulmus
Adult flight: Overwinters as adult, appearing April-May to produce a dark-winged summer form by late June. These in turn produce a second, light-winged, overwintering brood in August.
References: Royer 139, Opler & Krizek 151, Scott 284

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