Our Passionvine is growing all over the place, like up the Queen Palm, on the Bamboo, across the Milkweed, etc. However, that doesn’t mean that a Gulf Fritillary really cares all that much where the plant is growing, or even if it is growing. Here’s the story.
I was cutting some Passionvine to bring inside for the Fritillary caterpillars. I cut just a bit more than I needed so I put the excess on the BBQ grill. Not 5 minutes after I did this and some Fritillary comes flying by and starts laying eggs on the cut Passionvine. Now why this Butterfly would choose this little piece of Passionvine over the actual huge plant I have no idea.
Fritillary On Picked Passionvine
Later a Fritillary was sucking up some nectar on the Purple Coneflower
Fritillary On Purple Coneflower
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