Variegated Fritillary

9 years ago

last modified: 9 years ago

I don't get too many variegated fritillaries here, just off and on, but I got this picture of one today -

Then a little while later she laid three eggs on some new growth of Passiflora incarnata. Here's two of them -

Here's a close-up of one of the eggs -

Sherry

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Iris S (SC, Zone 7b)
9 years ago
Beautiful pictures again. Wish I could do that. I have a lot of them this year, but they still prefer the violets (and they are staring to look kind of tired)
MissSherry
Original Author
9 years ago
Only two of the eggs hatched, and one of the little caterpillars disappeared! I looked everywhere and couldn't find it - maybe it was cannabilized?

Anyway, here's the one left -

Sherry
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Jacob Berg
9 years ago
Those are so cool! I saw some this year finally after a 6 year drought of them.

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