Thursday is Butterfly Day and Insect Day Giveaway- Week 51

Hi everyone! Welcome to Thursday is Butterfly Day and Insect Day Giveaway- Week 51! Thanks to all who have joined the Insect Pub Community! I f you would like to join, please do the following:

1-Click on this link: https://beta.steemit.com/trending/hive-100514
2-Log in with your Steemit name and posting key.
3-Subscribe to Insect Pub.

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 artwork for a chance to win Steem Basic Income units. A minimum of 2-SBI will be given away; 1-SBI for photos and 1-SBI for artwork. If no artwork is submitted, then 2-SBI will be given away for photos. 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 wonderful entries and I enjoy each and every one of them. To celebrate Week 50, all who entered last week are winners: @antoniarhuiz, @slwzl, @nelinoeva, @mllg, @sunscape, @borjan, @sarimanok. Congratulations!

Here are the rules for the Giveaway.

1-One submission per person per week.
2-Photos and artwork must be your own work. Photos and artwork from the internet will Not be accepted.
3-Click on this link: https://beta.steemit.com/trending/hive-100514 which will take you to the Insect Pub Community. Click on NEW POST and make your butterfly or insect post there. Use #insectpub as your first tag. You can use #butterflyday as your second tag. After submitting your post, click on resteem if you would like your post to show up in your blog.
4-IMPORTANT! You must put the link to your post in the comments below to be entered in the Giveaway.
5-Upvotes to this post are not required.

I am looking forward to your entries!

Here are my photos for this week.

Can you believe that this is a moth and not a flower beetle? It is the Ailanthus Webworm Moth (Atteva aurea) and are members of the Ermine Moth family. When resting like this one, it tucks and rolls it wings close to its body. These moths are originally from southern Florida and some move up north here during the summer. We have the Ailanthus Tree which is also called the Tree of Heaven, and these moths have found it to be a suitable host tree for their caterpillars.

Their orange and black colors of the adults tell their predators that they are toxic and don't taste good. These moths can be found during the day sipping nectar from a variety of flowers and are good pollinators. I found this one on the catmint plant. They are also attracted to lights at night.

I also found this skipper butterfly on the same plant. It is from the Duskywing family and the species are difficult to identify. I think it may be the Wild Indigo Duskywing because they like mint plants. The markings on this skipper look like it could also be the Horace's Duskywing.

Thanks for stopping by!

All photos are my own.

Information Source: mo.gov

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

Proof of transfer. @sarimank's name did not show up but I ensure you that I did add her name.

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