While many butterflies here in Virginia will migrate to warmer climates to survive the winter, others will stay put and survive as eggs, larvae, or chrysalides.

Still others will overwinter as adults. They will find a crack in a boulder, under a piece of bark on a tree, or even wedge behind a shingle on a house to spend the cold winter. During sunny warm winter days they’ll come out to enjoy that warmth.

This is one of those that overwinter as an adult. Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis). So, if you’re out roaming on a warm winter day and see a Question Mark butterfly, you’ll know what’s going on. It’s just out enjoying the warm day, like you!

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