Observation date: July 15, 2020
Submitted by: dbrudin
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Nectaring on Asteraceae family flower on sunny roadside pullover
Status: Resident
Verified by: mikefisher
Verified date: September 28, 2022
Coordinator notes: Your suggested ID is technically correct as there is confusion as to whether to use the Old World name H. comma or New World name H. colorado. Preliminary genetic study indicates that H. comma does occur in North America but only in the high arctic and may include the populations eastward in Canada south into the northern tier of the adjacent eastern U.S. but still unsettled so either one is as I stated, can be considered techinically correct. Mike
