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Agraulis vanillae
Photo take in my backyard is easy to spot this beauty's this time of the year.Is a striking, bright orange butterfly. The Gulf fritillary is a medium-sized butterfly with elongated forewings. Adults have a wingspan range of 65 to 95 mm. Females are generally larger than males. The sexes are dimorphic. The upper surface of the wings is bright orange with black markings. Females are somewhat darker and more extensively marked. The forewing cell contains three black-rimmed white spots. The undersides of the wings are brown with elongated silvery-white spots.
Found on open country areas. Its range extends from Argentina through Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean to the southern United States
Spotted on May 11, 2013
Submitted on May 11, 2013
18 Comments
Awesome colours!
Just awesome ...
Thanks to all for your great comments:)
Fantastic series and beautiful butterfly and great photos!
Awesome! beautiful colors
Beautiful!
wow!
beautiful! no other word to better describe it
beautiful
Thanks to all :)
Whoa. It looks so stunning! It must have been an amazing find. :)
AMAZING! Great detail... really beautiful.
Thanks Rubens :)
Beautiful colors !
Thanks Daniel :)
Wow, this is spectacular!
Thanks so much Agnes is the first time i have the chance to take a shot of this beauty so close usually is for far away:)
I love the colors! Each photo is a pretty composition. <3!!