Thursday is Butterfly Day Giveaway!- Week 5. Post your butterfly photos or artwork for a chance to win Steem Basic Income Shares. No less than 2 SBI shares will be given away, sometimes more. You have 6 days for entries in this post and then a new contest will begin. Photos and artwork will not be judged and the winners will be chosen at random. The winners from Week 4 are @redheadpei and @nelinoeva. Congratulations!
1-One submission per person per week.
2-All photos and artwork must be your own work. Photos and artwork from the internet will not be accepted.
3-Make your own butterfly post and use the tag #butterflyday as your first tag.
4-Drop the link of your post in the comments below.
5-Upvotes to this post are not necessary to enter but would be greatly appreciated, and would allow me to give away more prizes.
Silver-spotted Skippers are the largest of the Skipper butterflies in North America. They have a wingspan of 1 3/4" - 2 1/2". When the wings are closed you can see a large silvery patch on the lower hindwings. I think that @janton from Texas will agree with me that the patch looks similar to the state of Texas.
It is fun to watch them dart up, down and all around, skipping from flower to flower to sip nectar. They like many different flowers but are mostly seen on flowers that are red, pink, purple and blue. It has been said that the Silver-spotted skippers do not stop on yellow flowers and there was no explanation as to why. One of their favorites is red clover which can be seen in these photos.
Information Source: thoughtco.com
Image Source: All photos are my own.