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Fritillary caterpillar - Agraulis incarnata
Copyright © 2005 Joshua Stuart Rose

Fritillary caterpillar - Agraulis incarnata
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
We planted Purple Passion-flower (Passiflora incarnata) in our front yard the year we moved in, 2002. I can't remember if it was that summer or the next that this caterpillar appears. Looks like a Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) to me, but this is a vagrant in Durham, doesn't breed in the area. Have not seen them again since. We live about 2 miles from a butterfly house, maybe an escapee oviposited in our yard?
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Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 10 July, 2005 - 7:40pm

Really?
I see them on passion flowers around here (Atlanta) every year. I don't think it would be a stretch for them to be up there. Of course, just because they're breeding and munching away, that doesn't mean they survive the winter :).
… Troy Bartlett, 10 July, 2005 - 9:38pm login or register to post comments

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