Life Cycle: Great spangled caterpillars hatch in the fall, overwinter in that stage, and then finally take their first bites of food in spring. Name Meaning: Fritillary comes from the Latin word ...

Instead, it turned out to be a great spangled fritillary butterfly. We’ve seen these around here in past years so we know they have established themselves on our property. Great spangled ...

Brian Taber of the Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory (www.cvwo.org) reports that the Variegated Fritillary can be distinguished from the less-seen Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele ...

Meet the gorgeous great spangled fritillary butterfly. The best way to identify an adult Gulf fritillary butterfly is to look ...

This is a great spangled fritillary that was moving between plants in the field behind the visitors center at Middle Creek. THE METHOD: Nikon D6 camera with a Nikon 600 mm f-4 lens. Exposure ...

After identifying the Fritillary that visits my garden as the Great Spangled Frittilary, I began noticing others; some visit Peter’s Meadow across the street, a meeting place for many happy insects.

Aphrodite fritillary (2.7 inches), great spangled fritillary (3 inches) and regal fritillary (3.2 inches). Regal fritillaries are almost extinct in the eastern USA and they only survive one place ...

He tried to be polite. "Well, it's hard to tell," he said. "The brown one looks like a great spangled fritillary, and the black one could be a spicebush swallowtail." Oh well, never mind.

Of course, there is also the sheer beauty of some of the butterflies, including the monarch, but also smaller ones such as great spangled fritillary, eastern tailed-blue and swallowtails.