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Agraulis vanillae
Female and Male Gulf Fritillary mating.
My butterfly garden.
I released the male Gulf Fritillary (late morning), he had damaged wings and was unable to fly. A couple of hours later, to my surprise, I found him mating with a female.
Spotted on Oct 28, 2011
Submitted on Jun 26, 2012
2 Comments
Thank you!
These are such pretty butterflies - nice story !