Thursday is Butterfly Day and Insect Day Giveaway- Week 21

Hi everyone! Happy Butterfly Day and Insect Day Giveaway- Week 21! Gather around the insect pub to see beautiful butterflies and other insects, and to make new friends. 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; 1-SBI for photos and 1-SBI for art work. If no art work is submitted, 2-SBI will be given away for photos. Depending on how many entries there are, I might be able to giveaway more. Entries will not be judged and winners will be 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. The winners for Week 20 are: @annephilbrick and @nelinoeva. Congratulations!

Here are the rules for the Giveaway.

1-One submission per person per week.
2-All photos and artwork must be your own work. Photos and art work form the internet will not be accepted.
3-Make your own butterfly or insect post and use one of these tags: #butterflyday or #insectpub.
4-To be entered in the giveaway you must put the link to your post in the comments below.
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 is mine for today of the beautiful Monarch butterfly.

Did you know that Monarchs need to have a body temperature of at least 86 degrees or they can't fly? So if you see them sitting in the sun it is probably to warm them up.

Did you know that Monarchs use their antennae to smell the nectar in flowers? After getting a good whiff the monarch will taste the nectar with its feet. They have receptors in their feet called, "tarsi" which allows them to do this.

Did you know that Monarchs lay eggs on one plant only? Females lay their eggs only on the milkweed plant because the leaves of this plant are the only leaves their caterpillars will eat.

Did you that Monarchs lay many eggs in one day and only one at a time? They can lay up to 250 eggs a day on the underside of the milkweed plant leaves.

This is a Monarch in flight, going to check out a different flower to see what it smells and tastes like before sipping its nectar.

Thanks for stopping by!

All photos are my own.

Information Source: defenders.org, interestinginsects.com

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

Proof of transfer.

Are you looking for a caring community where your creativity and imagination can run wild? A place where you have the opportunity to win prizes for your participation? Are you looking for support or for a place that you would like to support? Then head on over to the Freewrite House and have some fun.