The Life-Cycle of A Gulf Fritillary (another forgotten post)

I can't believe I never posted these pictures! This is from the summer of 2009. We had so much fun observing the life cycle of these butterflies. We also saw the many predators that were happy to have so many caterpillars and butterflies in the yard.



Mating Gulf Fritillary Butterflies

Butterfly egg on host plant





Host plant for the Gulf Fritillary Butterfly: Passion Flower Vine



This spider set up shop right by the host plant and enjoyed finding baby caterpillars to eat.

This is a Gulf Fritillary caterpillar that has reached full size and is ready to enter the chrysalis phase.

Chrysalis adorning our fence.

Hatching butterflies!

Transformation Complete!



Sipping Nectar from our garden Zinnias



Butterfly Predator: Preying Mantis