Question mark

The Question mark has orange and black upperwings with a hooked forewing tip, and mottled brown underwings that resemble a dead leaf when closed. A silvery mark on the underside of the hindwing forms a curved line plus a separate dot, unlike the closely related Eastern comma, which shows only the curved line.

Two generations fly each year, and the late summer brood overwinters as an adult, sheltering in tree cracks or loose bark through the cold months before reappearing in spring to lay eggs on nettles, hackberry and elm.