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...summer form.
The Question Mark is a North American nymphalid butterfly. 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 - 3 inches (5 - 7.5 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.
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 through 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 can't and as a result is usually one of the first to appear in the spring.
ISO400, aperture f/11, exposure .006 seconds (1/160) focal length 300mm
For TOTW: ROY G BIV (colors) (Green) Obviously
For TRP: Tim Burton Tribute - TB's take on batman and batman returns was awesome back then. Batman Forever, featuring The Riddler was directed by Joel Schumacher, but produced under Tim Burton, was a disaster!! Not the best tribute, but it's too warm to do anything else
For FGR: Perfect Day - it's warm, it's hot, I don't have to work, I have nothing planned...tadaah...A Perfect Day
Lighting Information: The main light is actually reflected sunlight on a white board. It comes through a small window above me.
This is a picture of a Question Mark at Kinder Farm Park in Millersville, Maryland.
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Round Bay Quad
Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is something for you to do in the world.
~ Helen Keller
Worried about the future ?
Worried that you won't be able to control what'll happen to you ?
Don't be ...
there's a simple way to know what the future will be
a simple way to control it :
all you have to do
is to write it
instead of just trying to read it
Cherry tomato with single colour border that appears to shift from orange to red.
As highlighted in the recent "What colour is this dress?", people are wedded to the idea that colours are properties of objects, when they are in fact made up by the brain.
The phenomenon is described in the New Scientist article: www.newscientist.com/article/dn27048-what-colour-is-the-d...
Given myself an alphabet soup game. Two new photos and another two from my photostream or archives, when possible.
I'm not sure if anyone would call this cheating, but it was one way round finding something for Q!
You can see the whole set/album here in alphabetic order.
www.flickr.com/photos/44506883@N04/sets/72157650127170829
Thank you for your favourites. :O)
The first part of the card is underneath. This is the inside of the Valentine card sent to me with a question mark?
Cover of 1954 edition by Vercors. A novel questioning what is human nature. Love the strong graphic chapter dividers. Personal collection.