Agraulis vanillae
Fresh: just leaving the chrysalis
Caterpillars on my Passion vine
Order: Lepidoptera
Size: approx 2.5 in.
Date: 2000
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Notes: The underwing of this butterfly has highly reflective silver spots. The host plant for this butterfly is the passionflower. If you plant the local passion flower vine, it will come. It will totally decimate the plant in the fall, but the plant will recover come spring.
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