Question Mark laying eggs on Hackberry R9499 Point Pelee, ON PFN
Question Mark butterfly (Polygonia interrogationis) laying several eggs on a Hackberry leaf.
Point Pelee National Park, Leamington, Ontario, Canada.
May 31, 2012.
See a close-up of these eggs here:
www.flickr.com/photos/74102791@N05/7315249900/in/photostream
I typically find their caterpillars on either Elm or Stinging Nettle. While I've long read their caterpillars feed on Hackberry too, this is the first time I've seen a Question Mark ovipositing on Hackberry.
BugGuide, (my other "bible") says that the Question Mark "seldom, if ever" nectars at flowers. I've seen and photographed them nectaring on Joe Pye Weed. Similarly, Tawny Emperors, not known to visit many flowers, also nectar on Joe Pye Weed. Maybe there's something in that stuff!? :-)
Here's a link to the nectaring Question Mark....
www.flickr.com/photos/74102791@N05/7321341950/in/photostream
Nectaring Tawny Emperor...
www.flickr.com/photos/74102791@N05/7323648988
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Question Mark laying eggs on Hackberry R9499 Point Pelee, ON PFN
Question Mark butterfly (Polygonia interrogationis) laying several eggs on a Hackberry leaf.
Point Pelee National Park, Leamington, Ontario, Canada.
May 31, 2012.
See a close-up of these eggs here:
www.flickr.com/photos/74102791@N05/7315249900/in/photostream
I typically find their caterpillars on either Elm or Stinging Nettle. While I've long read their caterpillars feed on Hackberry too, this is the first time I've seen a Question Mark ovipositing on Hackberry.
BugGuide, (my other "bible") says that the Question Mark "seldom, if ever" nectars at flowers. I've seen and photographed them nectaring on Joe Pye Weed. Similarly, Tawny Emperors, not known to visit many flowers, also nectar on Joe Pye Weed. Maybe there's something in that stuff!? :-)
Here's a link to the nectaring Question Mark....
www.flickr.com/photos/74102791@N05/7321341950/in/photostream
Nectaring Tawny Emperor...
www.flickr.com/photos/74102791@N05/7323648988
Photographs, Text and Videos © Jay Cossey, PhotographsFromNature.com (PFN).
All rights reserved. Licensing available.
Contact: Jay Cossey, PhotographsFromNature@gmail.com
Visit Jay's website at www.PhotographsFromNature.com