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  1. Gulf Fritillary

    Agraulis vanillae
    You can appreciate the length of the Gulf Fritillary's proboscis when you see how deep the throat of the pentas flower is.

  2. Gulf Fritillary

    Agraulis vanillae

  3. Gulf Fritillary

    Agraulis vanillae
    This Gulf Fritillary is melanistic which means that it has more black pigmentation than a normal individual. It is the oppositie of albinism which is the lack of this pigmentation. Melanism may be caused by genetic or environmental conditions.

  4. American Lady Caterpillar

  5. American Lady

    Vanessa virginiensis

  6. American Lady

    Vanessa virginiensis

  7. American Snout Caterpillar

  8. American Snout

    Libytheana carinenta
    Note the long snout of this butterfly. American Snouts often land on people because they love to drink sweat.

  9. American Snout

    Libytheana carinenta

  10. Appalachian Brown

    Satyrodes appalachia

  11. Arogos Skipper Chrysalis

    I consider myself fortunate to have seen the Arogos Skipper adults and this chrysalis. It is seen in only a very few sites in Florida.

  12. Atala Chrysalides

  13. Atala Chrysalis

  14. Atala Chrysalides

  15. Atala Eggs

    These large eggs of the Atala butterfly are on the Coontie (Zamia pumila).

  16. Atala

    Eumaeus atala

  17. Banded Hairstreak

    Satyrium calanus

  18. Mating Barred Yellows

    Eurema daira

  19. Bartram's Scrub-hairstreak

    Strymon acis
    This female Scrub-hairstreak just laid the egg seen in the photo on her host plant, Pineland Croton (Croton linearis.

  20. Black Swallowtail Caterpillar

  21. Black Swallowtail Caterpillars

    This symmetrical pair of Black Swallowtail caterpillars was on Rue in our herb garden. Young caterpillars at this stage have "saddles" on ther backs.

  22. Black Swallowtail Chrysalis

  23. Black Swallowtail Egg

  24. Female Black Swallowtail

    Papilio polyxenes
    You can tell that this is a female by noting the additional blue in its hindwings near her tails.

  25. Male Black Swallowtail

    Papilio polyxenes
    The male Black Swallowtail has much less blue on its hindwings near its tails.

  26. Brown Elfin Caterpillar

    It was recently learned that Brown Elfins populate parts of the Florida Panhandle. They feed on the flowers of Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia).

  27. Brown Elfin

    Callophrys augustinus

  28. Buckeye Chrysalis

  29. Cabbage White Butterfly

    Pieris rapae

  30. Carolina Satyr Egg

  31. Carolina Satyr

    Hermeuptychia sosybius

  32. Carolina Satyr

    Hermeuptychia sosybius

  33. Cassius Blue Caterpillar

  34. Female Cassius Blue

    Leptotes cassius

  35. Cassius Blue

    Leptotes cassius

  36. Male Ceraunus Blue

    Hemiargus ceraunus
    You can see the beautiful blue on this male with open wings.

  37. Ceraunus Blue

    Hemiargus ceraunus

  38. Checkered White

    Pontia protodice

  39. Clouded Skipper Chrysalis

    This Clouded Skipper chrysalis is rolled up in one of its host plants, Wood Oats (Chasmantium sp.).

  40. Cloudless Sulphur Caterpillar

  41. Cloudless Sulphur Caterpillar

  42. Cloudless Sulphur Caterpillars

    Cloudless Sulphur caterpillars occur in several different colors and patterns.

  43. Cloudless Sulphur Chrysalis

    The chrysalis of the Cloudless sulphur can be either pink or green.

  44. Cloudless Sulphur Chrysalis

    The chrysalis of the Cloudless Sulphur can be either pink or green.

  45. Common Buckeye Caterpillar

    Common Buckeyes use many host plants in the Broomrape family (OROBANCHACEAE){formerly included in the SCROPHULARIACEAE or Snapdragon family) including the False Foxglove (Agalinis sp.).

  46. Common Buckeye Caterpillar

  47. Common Buckeye

    Junonia coenia

  48. Common Wood Nymph

    Cercyonis pegala

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