Thursday is Butterfly Day and Insect Day Giveaway- Week 39

Hi everyone! It's that time again...Thursday is Butterfly Day and Insect Day Giveaway- Week 39! Gather around the Insect Pub to see butterflies and other insects from around the world, and to make new friends. Post your butterfly and other insect photos or art work for a chance to win Steem. Until things great straightened out with the people responsible for downvoting all posts that receive SBI upvotes, I will be giving away Steem now. 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 so much for all of your amazing photos and art work which I continue to enjoy. The winners for Week 38 is everyone who entered! You will all receive 1-Steem each...my Christmas gift to you! @nikv, @deerjay, @nutman, @lenasveganliving, @sketch.and.jam, @annephilbrick. @belkisa758, @antoniarhuiz, @gertu, @slwzl, @melinda010100, @chromiumone.

Please give our friend @chromiumone some love as he continues to generously add to the prize pool.

1-One submission per person per week.
2-All photos and art work must be your own work. Photos and art work fron the internet will not be accepted.
3-Make your own butterfly or insect post and use one of these tags: #butterflyday or #insectpub.
4-Important! 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 is greatly appreciated, and might allow me to give away more prizes.

First up is a Grape Leaffolder Moth.

These moths have a wingspan of 1" to 1.5". They fly during the day and you can see them out and about from April until late September. I found this one in mid August. And you all know how happy I was to capture its tiny face from far away. You will have to squint to see it though.

Grape Leaffolder moth caterpillars feed on grape leaves and overwinter inside folded leaves; hence their name. They have also been seen feeding on Redbud, Evening Primrose and Virginia Creeper.

Next is this small Clouded Sulphur butterfly.

Look at that cute little face!

Finally, this is a Short-winged Meadow Katydid, named because of their short wings. These katydids are small but that doesn't stop them from being good jumpers.

Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas!

With Love,

@whatisnew

All photos are my own.

Information Source: nature.mdc.mo.gov

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