Speyeria cybele – Great Spangled Fritillary

Caterpillar foods: violets

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6/12/2010

great spangled fritillary 4

 

7/8/2013

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7/3/2008

great spangled fritillary 7-08

 

7/10/2014  mated pair

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I don’t see Fritillary caterpillars very often.  They tend to eat at night and rest during the day, and they stay close to the ground, under the violet leaves.

5/9/2006  found on a nearby prairie

great spangled fritillary caterpillar

 

4/22/2012 – found on our land

I put it in a cage with a few violet plants.

5/3/12  It spent the days mostly on the dirt below the plants.

 

5/3/2012  It was quite active – even during the day.  It did eat a bit in the daytime, and crawled around its cage a lot.

 

5/16/2012  newly formed chrysalis

 

6/7/2012  Newly emerged butterfly with the empty chrysalis

 

6/7/2012  Newly emerged butterfly

 

6/7/2012  the empty chrysalis

 

6/26/2005