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Gulf Fritillary caterpillar

Agraulis vanillae

Description:

This Gulf Fritillary caterpillar was spotted from the walkway in the butterfly garden (see notes). The fearsome looking spines are supposed to be soft and there is not supposed to be any stinging. I decided not to test the data. Poisonous if eaten.

Habitat:

Southern US, Mexico, and Central America. Spotted in FL, USA

Notes:

Spotted at the Florida Museum of Natural History Florida Wildflower and Butterfly Garden (started in 2006) This is an outdoor, unenclosed exhibit. The butterflies are not in captivity. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/wildflower/demo...

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1 Comment

maplemoth662
maplemoth662 6 years ago

A beautiful caterpillar....

1Sarah2
Spotted by
1Sarah2

Gainesville, Florida, USA

Spotted on Sep 1, 2011
Submitted on Sep 5, 2011

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