The question mark on a Question Mark butterfly (Polygonia interrogationis) looks a little more like a semi-colon. These and their cousins the Eastern Commas are also called Anglewings more generically because their wings don’t have the rounded shape of most of our butterflies. This one was slurping up Viburnum nectar in Brooklyn Bridge Park recently. Note the double-barreled length of the tongue:
Question Mark?
Published May 30, 2012 Fieldnotes 1 CommentTags: Brooklyn, Brooklyn Bridge Park, butterflies
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