Woodland Trust

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New Years Honour: Congratulations and thanks to Jean Combes OBE for her services to phenology

Comma. Margaret Bartoncomma

polygonum c-album

  • Orange brown with darker markings and an unusual wing shape
     
  • It has a white ‘comma’ on the underwing
     

Where found

Woodland clearings and gardens, where its larvae feed on nettle, willow, redcurrant, hazel and elm. England and Wales.
 

When to look forAdd the dates of when you first record this species

  • Hibernated individuals from late March/early April.