Caterpillar foods: violets

 

6/12/2010

 

7/8/2013

 

7/3/2008

 

7/10/2014  mated pair

I don’t see Fritillary caterpillars very often.  They tend to eat at night and rest during the day, and they stay close to the ground, under the violet leaves.

5/9/2006  found on a nearby prairie

 

4/22/2012 – found on our land

I put it in a cage with a few violet plants.

5/3/12  It spent the days mostly on the dirt below the plants.

 

5/3/2012  It was quite active – even during the day.  It did eat a bit in the daytime, and crawled around its cage a lot.

 

5/16/2012  newly formed chrysalis

 

6/7/2012  Newly emerged butterfly with the empty chrysalis

 

6/7/2012  Newly emerged butterfly

 

6/7/2012  the empty chrysalis

 

6/26/2005