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Fall is the season of Gulf Fritillaries in the Lowcountry. These medium-sized orange butterflies are often confused with Monarchs (Danaus plexippus), but it’s fairly easy to tell the difference.

Know what your Gulf fritillary larvae look like, so you don’t mistakenly kill them. ( Kye R. Lee - Staff Photographer ) The pipevine swallowtail feeding on pentas, whose large flower clusters ...

When the butterfly emerged from its pupa, Robert Reed was stunned. It was a Gulf fritillary—a bright-orange species with a few tigerlike stripes. But this butterfly had no trace of orange anywhere.