March 8 2006 is a big day for the United States, who releases yet another stamp. The Common Buckeye stamp is issued from Washington D.C. 20066. Format will possibly be five .24-cent definitive stamps, SA pane of 20, SA pane of 10 (CB), SA vending booklet of 10, SA coil of 100, WA pane of 100.

This spectacular image of the Common Buckeye comes from the design of Carl T. Herrman of Carlsbad, California. In actuality, this is from a digital painting of the Common Buckeye by renowned wildlife illustrator Steve Buchanan of Winsted, Connecticut. The .24-cent denomination represents the Postcard rate.

The Common Buckeye is not a moth, but a butterfly. The name comes from the large spots on its wings that resemble “eyes”. While the Buckeye is known to fly the summer months throughout much of North America and south of the Canadian taiga, it is not able to handle winter very far north. Thus it spends it winter days laying eggs and preparing for it’s northern migration in the deep southern states and some of Mexico. It is said that the Common Buckeye southern migration rivals that of the Monarch butterflies northern migration on the west coast.