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Gulf Fritillary

September 9, 2018 Ellen Jennings 4 Comments

Gulf Fritillaries were zipping all around the swamp edges yesterday morning in what I have come to recognize as a harbinger of fall in South Carolina.

There were a lot of spider webs, too, attached to every kind of plant around the swamp. I walked with a small stick to move those that blocked the trail and only walked into a couple.

Butterflies seem aware of the spider web strands and easily manipulate around them.

I saw this last Gulf Fritillary as we were leaving bouncing on a more delicate wild flower.

Taken 9/8/2018

Insects

September Gulf Fritillaries

December 8, 2017 Ellen Jennings 6 Comments

I’ve seen a few Gulf Fritillaries around as recently as last week. In September they were everywhere you looked. These images were taken on the Morris Island end of Folly Beach where they were cavorting around in the flowers growing in the sand.

Although they fly about independently, if one butterfly finds something good another will soon follow.

They seemed OK at sharing if there were two vying for the same spot, and can hardly push each other around the way birds might do.

September 9, 2017, Lighthouse Inlet Heritage Preserve.