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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Admirals, Sisters (Limenitidinae) » Admirals, Sisters and Sailors (Limenitidini) » Admirals & Viceroy (Limenitis) » White Admiral/Western White Admiral/Red-spotted Purple - Hodges#4522 (Limenitis arthemis) » Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax)
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Red-spotted Purple - Limenitis arthemis
Copyright © 2005 Mike Boone

Red-spotted Purple - Limenitis arthemis
Greenwood County, South Carolina, USA
June 13, 2005
The butterfly had emerged in the morning. I removed it from its container and placed it on a daylily to photograph. I didn't get any good photos of the butterfly with its wings open; it would spread them a couple times and then keep them folded for several minutes. The butterfly appeared to leave a few drops of fluid on the flower...excess after forming the wings? It took nearly an hour before the butterfly tried to fly.

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Contributed by Mike Boone on 14 June, 2005 - 9:08pm
Last updated 29 November, 2005 - 4:18pm

Simply Beautiful
What a great series of images. Caterpillar to butterfly in eight days. Amazing!
… john and jane balaban, 14 June, 2005 - 9:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks for the compliment. It was fun to watch. I never seem to find caterpillars when I actively look, but I'd like to find other types of caterpillars and try it again.
… Mike Boone, 15 June, 2005 - 8:04am login or register to post comments

 
Careful
You'll get hooked, like me :).

It's great by the way to have one of these particular caterpillars verifiably identified with an adult image.
… Troy Bartlett, 15 June, 2005 - 7:59pm login or register to post comments

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