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The Currant Fox, Pt. 2 - _TNY_8055

This photo is quite good for explaining why this species is known as the comma (Polygonia c-album) in English and C-Falter in German - that small comma (or C) on the underside of the wings.

 

Swedes instead call it a "vinbärsfuks" where vinbär means currant and fuks is a Swedification of the German Fuchs, meaning "fox".

 

Here, it has landed on top of my mother-in-law's new garden lamps which I suspect were quite hot in the sunlight.

 

Pt. 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/50313789966/

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Uploaded on March 27, 2021
Taken on August 17, 2020