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Please identify this butterfly

Wild Haired Mavens

11 years ago

I have tons of this pretty butterfly, thanks for the help. Hope the photo is clear enough this is the biggest one, she lost a bottom wing since then, poor dear.

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Tom
11 years ago
Not sure, but it looks like a Gulf Fritillary to me.
Wild Haired Mavens
Original Author
11 years ago
Oh, thanks Tom, I did a little research on the name and found out I'm hosting all forms of this beautiful butterfly. My rooftop garden is filled with things that look like large dead leafs, which I just discovered is a pupae.

Saw this lovely caterpillar eating on my passion flower, the article says he will turn orange but right now he's purple and looks just like the Purple flower on my plant.

When I scared him, he turned green as a leaf.
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MissSherry
11 years ago
Congratulations on being a butterfly Mama!

In Zone 10, assuming you're in Florida, you should also host zebra longwings. They're orange in the early instars, but turn white later on.

Sherry

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