Thursday is Butterfly and Insect Day Giveaway- Week 15

Hi everyone! Happy Butterfly and Insect Day! Gather around the Insect Pub to see butterflies and other insects, and to make new friends. You have the choice of tags to use: #butterflyday or #insectpub. Post your butterfly and insect photos, or art work for a chance to win Steem Basic Income Shares. A minimum of 2-SBI will be given away and depending on how many entries there are, I may be able to give away more. 1-SBI for photos and 1-SBI for artwork. If no art work is submitted, 2-SBI will be given away for photos. Entries will not be judged and winners are chosen at random. You have 6 days for entries in this post and then a new one will begin.

Thanks to all for your amazing entries for last week. The winners for Week 15 are @karbon and @kaminchan. Congratulations!

Here are the rules for the Giveaway.

1-One submission per person per week.
2-All photos and art work must be your own work. Photos and art work from the internet will not be accepted.
3-Make your own butterfly or insect post and use one of these tags: #butterflyday or #insectpub.
4-Drop the link to your post in the comments below to be eligible for a chance to win.
5-Upvotes to this post are not necessary but would be greatly appreciated, and might allow me to give away more prizes.

I am looking forward to seeing your butterflies and other insects!

Here are my photos for today of the Question Mark Butterfly

This butterfly may be asking you a question or may have a question itself. That is because it has a question mark on the hindwing which is only visible when the wings are closed, hence its name.

These butterflies are very pushy and chase away other butterflies and insects. It tried in vein to chase away this bee and Ailanthus Webworm moth but they didn't budge.

Both males and females prefer to feed on tree sap, rotting fruit and dung but will sip on nectar from flowers when all else fails.

Female Question Mark butterflies do not make it easy for their caterpillars. They will lay their eggs under leaves not on the host plant, but near it. Each caterpillar is then left to go out on its own to find the host plant so it can eat. Host plants include elm trees, hackberry trees and shrubs, and nettles.

When their wings are open you wouldn't know it was the same butterfly. And you know how happy I am when I can capture my subject's face. Yay!

To give you and idea of the size of the Question Mark butterfly, the wingspan is approximately 2 1/4" - 3".

Thanks for flying by!

This beautiful butterfly gif is brought to you by @brisby. Thank you!

All photos are my own.

Information Source: butterfliesandmoths.org

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