Common Buckeye

Not a great photo (though it *is* another decent face shot). The reason this wins over the Northern Water Snake I photographed at the lake today is that I did not see this species for two years (2014 and 2015). So this documents that this "colonist" came this far north this year.

ID’ed at BAMONA as “Junonia coenia” or “Common Buckeye”; https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/sighting_details/1142341
Species pages,
» BAMONA, http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Junonia-coenia
» BugGuide, http://bugguide.net/node/view/516

1 year ago (“New-to-me butterfly: Acmon Blue [filler #15]”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2016-08-01
2 years ago (“Blower motor resistor”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2015-08-01
3 years ago (“Green June Beetle”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-08-01
4 years ago (“Flowers-‘squared’”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-08-01
5 years ago (“Two-fer: Female ‘Macrocentrid’ on cone flower”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-08-01
6 years ago (“What sort of person am I?”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-08-01

[ IMG_7356S10x6Atm :: f/5.6 :: 1/200" :: ISO-200 :: 250mm ]