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I had to photo something outside when fluttering wings caught my eye. This butterfly had gotten stuck in a spider's web...Sorry Mr Spider, I just cant let you have it~~~I gently untangled the butterfly's feet from the sticky silk hoping I wouldn't break anything. After it was free I thought it would just fly away~~but it didn't. It clung onto my pants for a bit until it finally let me hold it for a few photos.
Pittsburg, NH
Yesterday I got a top view shot of the Question Mark butterfly that I was pleased with. My shots of the side view, however, did not come out well, not Flickr worthy. Last year I noticed the same butterflies at a certain patch of Joe Pye weed day after day. (I knew they were the same because they were missing sections of wing at the same place)With that in mind I felt that if I returned to the spot the Question Mark was yesterday, it would be there again today. It was waiting for me.
Taken at Whiting Road Nature Preserve, Webster, NY. This butterfly is named for the blue marking in the shape of a question mark on its underwing, as seen in the photo.
This friendly little feller was flitting around the patio the other day.
Research shows he is an Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma) Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis)
Now I have to change everything.
Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis) winter form, dorsal.
Killbuck Creek Wildlife Area, Holmes Co., Ohio, USA.
September 4, 2006.
There are two colour forms of the Question Mark butterfly. This is the more colourful Winter form (the generation that overwinters), and wow, isn't it stunning?
Here is the less colourful, but also beautiful, Summer form...
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The Question Mark's underside is quite the opposite of the upperside--an excellent example of cryptic camouflage. This photograph shows a Question Mark imitating a dead leaf (quite convincingly!).
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