Gulf Fritillary laying eggs.
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| perfect shot of momma at work |
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| Two Gulf Fritillary eggs beside each other |
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| caterpillar in its J. |
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| Our first Fritillary chrysalis. |
Captions above are thanks to Isabel. We had a lot of activity in the garden this weekend. Our Purple Passion flower has done exactly what we wanted, bring us Fritillary butterflies. I didn't think it would happen so quickly, but they are regular visitors now and our vine is loaded with caterpillars. I had to do some population management this weekend. I didn't enjoy it, but we only have one plant.
We love to watch the fritillary. It is a beautiful and friendly butterfly and is not bothered by our presence. As you can see from the pictures above, she puts on quite a show as she deposits her eggs. Look closely at the picture of the chrysalis and you will see Isa's face through the vine.
Wow. These butterflies are beautiful. Is the caterpillar and the chrysalis bigger or smaller than the monarch?
ReplyDeleteThe chrysalis is bigger and looks like a dead leaf, it also changes position to confuse predators. The caterpillar is smaller, but uglier than the monarch one.
ReplyDeleteI like the butterfly garden. I want to start one!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the blog!
Jodi