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Gulf Fritillary Butterfly Agraulis vanillae |
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Orange and black wings |
Silver spots on the underside of their wings glisten in the sunlight. |
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or larval food plant is also used as a nectar plant |
next to passionvine on a fence. It is not unusual for Gulfs to lay eggs on people. |
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an egg on a passionvine tendril. |
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capsule creating a bulge in the skin just behind the capsule. |
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Click here for page two of the Gulf Fritillary lifecycle. |
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This butterfly website built with advice from Starting Dreams.
All photographs on this site are copyright protected.
For permission to use any photo, please contact Edith Smith at Shady Oak Butterfly Farm.
Butterfly Release companies located outside the mainland United States.
Release Companies Outside the Mainland United States
Shady Oak Butterfly Farm Toll free 877-485-2458 12876 SW CR 231 Brooker, Fl 32622 Stephen & Edith Smith
Located 45 minutes from the Butterfly Rainforest Exhibit at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida
This butterfly website built with advice from Starting Dreams.
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