Does anyone have the Begonia "Question Mark" and would like to exchange?

Congrats, MissSherry! I love QMs; they're very easy to raise, too. I am seeing so many QM adults right now at the feeders, and these are so variable in color. Many have the beautiful mottled undersides that remind me of those granite cabinet tops. Others are a flat grayish brown, and many are in between. Even the uppersides vary a lot in color. I am seeing some of the summer forms now, which are gorgeous. QMs are very gregarious in the garden, and almost downright bullies at the feeders. They even chase off the huge Mourning Cloaks, lol! They remind me of the "hummingbirds" of the banana feeders! I have 4 of their host plants now - Elm, Hackberry, Hops, and False Nettle, so they pretty much have their choice. Susan

It's hard for me to describe it to you, seedmoney, especially since your QM is faded, but question marks have an extra black marking near the tip of their wings that commas don't have. The Kaufman field guide points to it in the pictures, and I imagine other butterfly field guides do also. You'd need to look at the pictures there or maybe there are some on the internet that would show the mark. In my area, they like hops vines and false nettles/Boehmeria cylindrica. Unfortunately, my hops vines aren't growing this year, they're still pitifully small, but the false nettles are really thriving, big and still growing. False nettles are also the principle host for red admirals here, so they do double duty, making them a great host plant! Question marks are known to also use many other members of the Urticales order in the plant family, like elms, stinging nettles, and pellitory. In many areas, they visit rotting fruit, but they've never visited mine - I just get flies! :( If you plant whichever of their host plants do best in your area, you'll see them from time to time. Unfortunately, they don't visit flowers like most butterflies, but you'll still see them here and there. Sherry

Well, I am the furthest thing from an expert, but I did do some looking around. I found some info about the GREEN Comma having a dark spot in the center of the hind wing. Yours seems to have that spot, so I would guess that it's a Green Comma. I never knew that there were so many different Commas! Angie