Hi everyone! Welcome to Thursday is Butterflyday and Insect Day Giveaway- Week 49! Thanks to all who have joined the Insect Pub Community! If 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. **The winners for Week 48 are: @chromiumone, @slwzl, @gertu, and @gingbabida. 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-**NEW! 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. After submitting your post, click on Resteem to have your post 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.** **Skipper Butterflies** https://i.postimg.cc/rs8tGBhB/clearskip.jpg Skipper butterflies are in the family Hesperiidae and there are more than 3.500 species worldwide. Approximately 275 species are here in North America. Most are usually orange, brown and gray with a chunky body, large eyes, and short antennae with hooked clubs. https://i.postimg.cc/CxKXrdB1/smallmediumships.jpg Most Skippers are small but some are medium in size and a few have iridescent colors. The medium size skipper shown on the right is the Silver-Spotted Skipper. Trying to identify the small skippers can be a daunting task so I will leave that for the experts. https://i.postimg.cc/8PnjsKvz/skipperprob.jpg They have a long proboscis which is used to sip nectar from a variety of flowers but some also sip from bird droppings for nutrients. It is fun to watch skipper butterflies dart from flower to flower as if to be skipping; hence their name. ***Thanks for stopping by!*** All photos are my own. Information Source: mdc.mo.gov, butterfliesandmoths.org https://i.postimg.cc/4KyxFx4T/giphy.gif ***This pretty butterfly Gif is brought to you by @brisby. Thank you!*** https://i.postimg.cc/PqyLX3fK/Week-48.jpg Proof of transfer. *Are you looking for another caring community where your creativity and imagination can run wild? A place where you have the opportunity to win prizes for your participation? Are you looking for support or a place that you would like to support? Then head on over to the Freewrite House and have some fun.* [![Freewritehouse-footer-400px.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmRMZCnpBxEy99Hak9PGyXRqLVV7VruvNyKeB4mUmMziiY/Freewritehouse-footer-400px.png)](https://steemit.com/@freewritehouse)