http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CrexMeadowsNatureLovers/ Crex Meadows Nature Lovers Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:15:26 GMT Rick http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CrexMeadowsNatureLovers/message/740 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CrexMeadowsNatureLovers/message/740 ... Thanks for the heads-up windchill. I've been blissfully unaware all this time, but have now corrected the email invalidation (I hope!). Guess I'm more Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:40:40 GMT mn_windchill http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CrexMeadowsNatureLovers/message/739 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CrexMeadowsNatureLovers/message/739 Hi Rick I am not sure Bill saw that part. I believe you have ID'd the butterfly correctly as a Gray. You saw the underside, we didnt. But I am glad Bill Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:11:37 GMT Rick http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CrexMeadowsNatureLovers/message/738 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CrexMeadowsNatureLovers/message/738 As stated earlier, I did get a good look at the underwing before going for the camera. I'm confident it was a comma, not a Question Mark. My recollection is Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:41:43 GMT mn_windchill http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CrexMeadowsNatureLovers/message/737 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CrexMeadowsNatureLovers/message/737 Oh sure, you had to throw in the Question mark to further muck things up! :) It is vital for me (at this point in my self taught "what the heck is that" Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:26:17 GMT Bill http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CrexMeadowsNatureLovers/message/736 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CrexMeadowsNatureLovers/message/736 It has been a long time, so I can't tell from the front. It is either a question mark or a comma, but you would have to see the back of the wing to tell. Bill Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:58:41 GMT Rick http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CrexMeadowsNatureLovers/message/735 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CrexMeadowsNatureLovers/message/735 Many thanks, windchill! I had a good look at the comma's underwing when I didn't have the camera. I don't recall seeing the "hooks" (look like serifs to me), Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:54:14 GMT mn_windchill http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CrexMeadowsNatureLovers/message/734 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CrexMeadowsNatureLovers/message/734 Hi Rick Commas give me trouble. Always. Yours does not have the shadow dot on the forewing, but the yellow dots on the hindwing do not go far enough. But the Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:47:37 GMT Rick http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CrexMeadowsNatureLovers/message/733 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CrexMeadowsNatureLovers/message/733 I've posted four photos in a new album titled "butterflies". They were not taken at Crex, but at home west of Minneapolis. I would appreciate confirmation or Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:50:28 GMT mn_windchill http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CrexMeadowsNatureLovers/message/732 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CrexMeadowsNatureLovers/message/732 These are very good links, Thanks! ~windchill~ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:26:55 GMT mn_windchill http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CrexMeadowsNatureLovers/message/731 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CrexMeadowsNatureLovers/message/731 Congrats on your first Karner! Its an exciting moment to find a rarity and be able to prove it via a pic! ~windchill~ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:54:13 GMT Kim Dauer http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CrexMeadowsNatureLovers/message/730 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CrexMeadowsNatureLovers/message/730 There was no exposure compensation, and I didn't do much in Photoshop, just adjusted the brightness a bit since I usually underexpose a bit s as to not wash Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:08:43 GMT mn_windchill http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CrexMeadowsNatureLovers/message/729 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CrexMeadowsNatureLovers/message/729 Hi Kim I posted three pics of the same female Karner that I found on the 11th for comparison. Could it be your settings were adjusted for flowers? The pics Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:44:47 GMT mn_windchill http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CrexMeadowsNatureLovers/message/728 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CrexMeadowsNatureLovers/message/728 Hi Kim That is a female Karner Blue. From Wisconsinbutterflies.org: --The main differences between these species appears to be that the orange crescents on Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:50:59 GMT Kim http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CrexMeadowsNatureLovers/message/727 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CrexMeadowsNatureLovers/message/727 Sorry - I didn't realize we couldn't attach photos to emails here. I have put the photos in a new album called Butterflies. HELP! Sat, 27 Jun 2009 19:47:53 GMT Kim Dauer http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CrexMeadowsNatureLovers/message/726 http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/CrexMeadowsNatureLovers/message/726 OK guys - I need help IDing this butterfly. I got it on Stolte Road in FLWA just before you go into the wooded area from the north end. I am of the