Posts Tagged: Passiflora
Gulf Fritillaries Are Back!
Okay, where are they? Shouldn't they be emerging soon? They're in Davis and Suisun. Why not...
A Gulf Fritillary lays an egg on a passionflower vine in Vacaville on March 26. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The female Gulf Fritillary touches down on a stucco wall. Gulf Frits lay eggs on the leaves and tendrils of their host plant, Passiflora, but also on nearby fences and walls. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
This is one of the eggs that the Gulf Fritillary laid on a leaf on March 26. They lay their eggs singly. They are about the size of a pinhead. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A Very Tiny Bee
At first glance, it appeared to be a gnat circling our head. Then it landed on our passionflower...
A tiny sweat bee, Lasioglossum, subgenus Evylaeus, on a passionflower vine (Passiflora). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of a tiny sweat bee, genus Lasioglossum, subgenus Evylaeus, on a passionflower vine (Passiflora). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Can't Get Enough of Those Gulf Frits
No matter how many we see or how often we see them, we can't get enough of the Gulf Frits. That...
A newly eclosed Gulf Fritillary. Note the pupal case. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The newly eclosed Gulf Fritillary pauses before it takes flight. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The Gulf Fritillary spreads its magnificent wings and takes flight. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Gulf Fritillary on a Mexican sunflower (Tithonia). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Gulf Fritillaries: Spectacular and Showy
Sex in the afternoon. On the passionflower vine. That's what happened today on the...
Gulf Fritillaries (Agraulis vanillae) mating on a passionflower vine. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Mating of the Gulf Fritillaries resumes. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
In this photograph, note the silver-spangled wings of the mating Gulf Fritillaries. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
The showy and spectacular Gulf Fritillaries. The shadow is a Passiflora leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
No Butterflies Without Caterpillars
How can you hate a caterpillar and love a butterfly? You can't. Some gardeners so love their...
A very hungry Gulf Fritillary caterpillar working over the Passiflora. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
From a very hungry caterpillar to a magnificent butterfly. This Gulf Fritillary is nectaring on cosmos. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)