Long Dash

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Occurrence	Statewide - resident
Abundance	Common; maximum 195
Flight Period	May 22 - September 13 (mainly June)
Notes	Small second brood sometimes noticed in late August-early Sept.
Overwintering	4th stage Larva
More info	Massachusetts Butterfly Atlas Website
More info	Butterflies of Massachusetts Website

Long Dash - Polites mystic

Long Dash

Photo by Fred Goodwin - 6/2/2002
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary

Long Dash - Polites mystic

Long Dash

Photo by Fred Goodwin - 6/2/2002
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary
On Chive

Long Dash - Polites mystic

Long Dash

Photo © Marj Rines
Wildwood Cemetery, Winchester

Long Dash - Polites mystic

Long Dash

Photo © Marj Rines
Wildwood Cemetery, Winchester

Long Dash - Polites mystic

Long Dash

Photo by Tom Murray - 6/19/2002
Harvard

Long Dash - Polites mystic

Long Dash

Photo by Tom Murray - 6/15/2004
Ballard Hill, Lancaster

Long Dash - Polites mystic

Long Dash

Photo © Ron Nuehring - 6/2/2006
Fountain Farm, Springfield

Long Dash - Polites mystic

Long Dash

Photo by Frank Model - 6/4/2006
Saratoga, NY
Female

Long Dash - Polites mystic

Long Dash

Photo by Frank Model - 6/18/2007
Pontook Dam, Dummer, NH
Female

Long Dash - Polites mystic

Long Dash

Photo by Frank Model - 6/5/2005
Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, Cross River, NY
Male

Long Dash - Polites mystic

Long Dash

Photo by Frank Model - 6/4/2006
Saratoga, NY
Male

Long Dash - Polites mystic

Long Dash

Photo by Frank Model - 6/11/2006
Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, Cross River, NY
Courting Pair

Long Dash - Polites mystic

Long Dash

Photo by Barbara Spencer - 6/26/2005
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