BUTTERFLIES OF GEORGIA’S PIEDMONT REGION  

 

Family Nymphalidae (the brushfoots), subfamily Heliconiinae (the fritillaries)

Gulf fritillary
Agraulis vanillae

 

 

nectaring on Solidago gracillima

Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve

DeKalb County, 17 November 2007

Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve

DeKalb County, 10 August 2009
 

Sweetwater Creek State Park

Douglas County, 16 August 2010

Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve

DeKalb County, 2 October 2008

 

on persimmons, probably regurgitated (by a coyote?) because persimmons are nowhere near ripe in August!

Monastery of the Holy Spirit

Rockdale County, 16 August 2011

 

Monastery of the Holy Spirit

Rockdale County, 15 September 2011

Photos and videos by Jim Allison

 

 

egg on Passiflora incarnata

larva on Passiflora incarnata

Sandhill Natural Area

Taylor County, 14 June 2008

Montpelier Station Road

Bibb County, 27 May 2008

Montpelier Station Road 

Bibb County, 1 August 2005

Photos by Rose Payne