Taken yesterday on a late monarda (Bee Balm) and a late thistle; yesterday was sunny and warm:
Posts Tagged ‘Spangled Fritillary’
Spangled Fritillary on late blooming monarda and Pipeline swallowtail’s iridescence
Posted in Moths and Butterfiles, tagged Arkansas, Boston Mountains, parthenon, Spangled Fritillary on September 21, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Arkansas’s other Fritillaries
Posted in Unusual Insects, tagged Arkansas, Boston Mountains, Diana Fritillary, fritillary, Gulf, Gulf Fritillary, Newton County, Passion Flower, Spangled, Spangled Fritillaries, Spangled Fritillary on September 16, 2014| Leave a Comment »
As rare as the endangered Diana Fritillary (previous Post) is, the Spangled Fritillary is common and widespread. The Gulf Fritillary is fairly common here in the mountains. For example, I see the Spangled Fritillaries many times each day (May through October) and I have seen the Gulf Fritillary 2 dozen times this spring and summer. The Gulf Fritillary uses the native Passion Flower Vine as its host plant and these flowers are very common here in Newton County, Arkansas.
Spangled Fritillary
Gulf Fritillary
native Passion Flower (HOST) for Gulf Fritillary
