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...and a very freash fall/winter form. Note lighter coloring of hind wings, and the more developed "swallowtails". Of the two forms, the fall/winter variety is definitely the prettier of the two.
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. 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.
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#45 / 365 - #2967 / Year 9 - 11.04.2016
For We're Here - ??The Question Mark??.
Or some such nonsense. More like, me at Gallifrey One costuming as season-26 seventh Doctor. Note the dearth of ribbons; I'll do better next year.
(Photo taken by Honorarydoctor, who can be found on Livejournal.)
The Eastern Comma can be differentiated from its closely related cousin the Questionmark (Polygonia interrogationis) by the silvery comma in the middle of the underside of the hind wing that lacks the dot of the Questionmark. It's also smaller in size, has a less strongly hooked forewing margin, shorter hind wing tails, and three in-line black spots on the forewing (as noted above), where as the Questionmark has four, with the forth spot usually being elongated.
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Published by Fred Hanna, Ltd., 28-29 Nassau Street, and Branches, Dublin. Printed by The Fodhla Printing Co., Ltd., Rutland Place, Cavendish Row, Dublin.
18.2 cm x 12.1 cm
Found at work.
What's the first question, I hear you ask? An easy bit of geography ... 1. Where is the Claddagh?
Question Mark butterfly sunning on paver in my garden. Polygonia interrogationis Houston, Texas. June 2023
A mobile phone shot. I guess you can figure out where I was at the time. Cannot get the Don Williams song out of my head now. To view a live performance of the song on YouTube follow this link. That way you can have it in your head too. ;-)
Good morning. Since I took a flickr break yesterday and missed Butterfly Monday I'd thought feature a butterfly for Hug a Bug Day, being the Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis). Also commonly known as an Angelwing butterfly along with the very similar Eastern Comma (of which I'll post a series at a later date). The easiest way to differentiate between the two is the unique marking on the underside of the hind wing , which can be seen in the first photo in the comment section. Another way is the wing spot(s) that I tagged with a note above, which the Question Mark has, but the Eastern Comma lacks.
Not commonly known is that the Question Mark has two seasonal forms, summer and fall/winter. This is called seasonal dimorphism. The above is a fall/winter form butterfly. It lacks the darker coloring on the hindwings of the summer form that can be seen in the second photo in the comment section. The fall/winter form also has generally more developed "swallowtails" and more defined violet coloring along the wing edges as seen here. Of the two forms, the fall/winter variety is definitely the prettier of the two.
I hope you enjoy this series on this uniquely beautiful butterfly and find the remainder of the text in the comment section informative.
Thank you for visiting...and I hope you have a great Tuesday and week.
Lacey
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So, my boyfriend wants me to dye my hair light brown because that's my natural hair color and he's never seen it (I haven't seen it in like 6 years), I love my hair red but kind of want change, and people keep complementing my hair this color, even though it's just super faded.
What do you guys think?
Should I dye it brown, leave it this color, or dye it red?
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