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The Question Mark is a North American butterfly in the family Nymphalid. It ranges from southern Canada and all of the eastern United States except the Florida peninsular, west to the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains, and south to southern Arizona and Mexico. They typically live in wooded areas, or generally any area that features a combination of trees and open spaces.
The adult butterfly has a wing span of 2.5 - 3 inches (6.4 - 7.5 cm), which is larger than it close cousin the Eastern Comma at 2 - 2.5 inches (5 - 6.4 cm). Its flight season is from May - September.
As seen above a silver - white mark on the underside of the hindwing is broken into two parts, a curved line and a dot, creating a question (?) shaped mark that gives this species its common name.
Forewing is typically hooked; upperside is red-orange with black spots. Upperside hindwing of summer form is mostly black with a short tail; winter form is mostly orange with a longer, violet-tipped tail. Underside of both wings is light brown in color.
This cryptic colored and uniquely shaped creature is one of the few butterflies that overwinter as adults. Hiding in cracks and crevices of wood, they remain inactive throughout the cold months. Their colors help keep them hidden and safe. This is also a butterfly that doesn’t prefer nectar, but will drink it occasionally. It's preferred food is tree sap, overripe fruit, and animal scat. The scat supplies proteins that the butterfly doesn't get from nectar. This butterfly can tolerate cooler temperatures than most other butterflies and as a result is usually one of the first to appear in Spring.
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Took this back in the winter at Newburgh. Very cold weather. It was a series of 4 that looked great in the viewfinder, but this was the only one that was remotely interesting when it was scanned.
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Life's greatest questions have always been: Who am I? Where did I come from? Why am I here? Where am I going?
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I was so excited yesterday to find Question Mark eggs on some elm leaves... then I found a female in the process of laying more! The first eggs I found were just laid singly, but she was laying hers in a series, one stacked on top of the other.
According to North America's Favorite Butterflies, Question Marks often lay their eggs in chains of 3-10. This is a defensive strategy: predators are less likely to eat the eggs in the middle of the chain.
I can't wait to see the caterpillars hatch... this isn't a caterpillar species that I've seen before!
spotted by five year old granddaughter who keeps us going with her questions.
from The Book of Why?
Why doesn’t a chair fly?
Why do we have tongues?
Why are the stars so silver?
Why do girls wear bobbles?
Why do boys try and do handstands?
Why are there earrings in the world?
Why is sherbet so tickly on your tongue?
Why can you hear the wind, but not see it?
Why have old people got see-through skin?
Why can’t you choose what you were born like?
Why do our voices sound different to each other?
Why do people breathe a lot when they are excited?
Why is the sky blue, when the surface of the air is clear?
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Even vandals ask this question, especially after getting high on paint fumes. But it doesn't matter who asks the question, the answer is always the same.... "because".
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Been oh so busy today so I'm just wondering what to shoot for my 365!! I have a question ....
Black-and-White 365 ....
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Great night chilling with my housemate chatting about this and that. Photo taken using my guitar tuner as a lighting source. Love the question marks that appear in my pupils even though the rest of the shot is slightly out of focus...
My nephew and cousin told me something about the 'S'-form and the '?'-form. I realized that this green object is a member of the Question Mark family!
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