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.

Distinctive Markings: Rust-colored with black checker-like pattern and silvery spots on the underside of the hindwing ... into southern Canada. Attract Gulf fritillary butterflies with their ...

I also have information for everyone raising Gulf fritillary butterflies at the ... and when the wings are closed, the underside will have orange spots surrounded by bright blue.

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 ...

House Bill 229 would make the Gulf Fritillary, scientifically known as the agraulis vanillae, Louisiana’s official state butterfly. Also called the passion butterfly, the Gulf Fritillary ...

Then, perhaps, we will finally get an answer to the question of whether the Gulf Fritillary should be the official state butterfly. Lesser men would have long ago abandoned the quest to honor the ...