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Tag Archives: question mark
Living on Borrowed Time
This butterfly is old and battered. It seems to be Polygonia interrogationis, the question mark butterfly, but at this stage I can’t say for sure. It does seem to be nearing the end of days.
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Yesterday’s Butterflies
Yesterday was a pretty good day and I got a little bit of time to photograph butterflies (as well as a number of other insects). This least skipper, Ancyloxypha numitor, was restless and I chased it a while before I finally … Continue reading
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What is the Meaning of Life?
I don’t know, but I know where I can find the punctuation mark for the question. This marking is on the question mark butterfly, Polygonia interrogationsis. This one is on a rotten orange.
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Butterflies Drinking Sap
I saw these butterflies the other day, drinking sap from a wounded tree. This is a question mark butterfly, Polygonia interrogationis. The photo below is a northern pearlyeye, Enodia anthedon. Butterflies will often take food other than nectar. They will … Continue reading
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A Question Mark Butterfly
In spite of Dutch Elm Disease, we still have a number of American elm trees growing around. They grow to about a foot in diameter, maybe twenty five or thirty feet high, then they die. I took this photo of a question mark, Polygonia interrogationis, … Continue reading
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