Insects and Spiders

Gulf Fritillary Laying Eggs

My daughter has passion vines on her fence so I got to see gulf fritillaries laying eggs for the first time. It was very cool.
Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanilla)
Passion Vine (Passiflora incarnata)

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