The gulf fritillary also lays eggs on passionvine, but lays her tiny yellow eggs singly and generally on leaves. This queen butterfly (above) is laying eggs on the underside of milkweed leaves.

This Fritillary, like other butterfly species, undergoes a four-stage life cycle that can be described as nothing short of miraculous. In the beginning stage, their life begins as an egg ...

WFSU Ecology Producer Rob Diaz de Villegas planted passionvine in his yard for one reason- to see new species of butterfly caterpillars ... gulf fritillaries were laying eggs on the plant daily.

These medium-sized orange butterflies are often confused with Monarchs ... which in turn benefit by increased egg production. During the caterpillar stage, Gulf Fritillaries feed on passionflower ...

When fully mature, the eastern regal fritillary is about the size of a monarch butterfly, with a wingspan ... and early fall when females lay their eggs. The larvae spend the winter in grassland ...

Great spangled fritillary butterflies get their common ... Picture how small a butterfly egg is, then you can get some idea how small a newly hatched caterpillar would be. The baby caterpillars ...

A small collection of regal fritillary butterflies is eating as well on campus ... In September, a female will lay up to 50-eggs a day and 2,000 in her life span. “Unlike most butterflies ...

In the past, groundhogs have eaten most of our violets to the ground and many butterfly eggs along with them, I am sure. In spring when tiny fritillary caterpillars begin feeding on young violets ...

The eastern regal fritillary butterfly has made its home at the military ... It’s the time of year where the females are laying their eggs. “They have a belly full of eggs so they need to ...

Gulf fritillary like the same nectar ... but their cousins, the queen butterflies, will be here for the summer laying eggs on the native milkweeds and consuming the nectar that the monarchs ...