Can you guess what this is? Plus last week's answer and winner!


** September 19, 2022
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Monday Nature Mystery

We are pleased to announce the winner of our Monday Nature Mystery, Grant West. (Please email your snail mail address and preference for a hat or tote bag to [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) .)

Congratulations to Grant for identifying the Hackberry Emperor (Asterocampa celtis). According to Butterfly and Moths ([link removed]) , Hackberry Butterflies fly in a fast and erratic manner and rest upside down on tree trunks. Males perch on tall objects in sunny areas to watch for females. Eggs are laid in clusters, and the young caterpillars feed communally. Caterpillars overwinter in groups gathered inside dead rolled leaves. Another good reason to leave the leaves!

Last Week's mystery: Hackberry Emperor (Asterocampa celtis). Photo: Fred Siskind

Each Monday we’ll post a new photo and identify the previous week’s winner. They’ll receive an ASNV hat or tote bag.

Be sure to post your answer on our Facebook page @AudubonVA ([link removed]) under the Monday Mystery post...do not reply to this email with your guess! We only accept entries from our Facebook page, not via email.

Please remember to write the common name, being mindful of hyphens, uppercase and lowercase letters and always include the Latin name in parentheses. To learn more about bird names click here ([link removed]) .

Photo: Fred Siskind

This week’s Mystery: Who is this little skipper?

Post your guess (please list both common name and Latin name) on our Facebook page @AudubonVA ([link removed]) under this week's Monday Nature Mystery. Remember, we only accept entries from our Facebook page, not via email!

Good luck!

-Audubon Society of Northern Virginia

Please note that we only accept entries on our Facebook page where they are date- and time-stamped. Remember that, if you need to correct your entry, you should make a new posting rather than correcting the old one so that we get a correct time stamp for your correction. Winners are limited to one prize every 90 days.

Get a refresher on fall butterflies! Sign up for this Thursday’s butterfly identification workshop with Larry Meade here ([link removed]) .

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