The Gulf Fritillary
Divine creation can be seen painted on the canvas of a butterflies wing…© Kristen D’Angelo
Artists, young and old alike, love to capture the beauty of butterflies.
Above, Elena, age 8, illustrates the Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) with it’s host plant Passion Vine (Passiflora). Can you spot the eggs, caterpillar and chrysalis hidden amongst the lovely purple flowers on the drawing?
A concerned mother plans for her children’s future! She lays her eggs diligently. Depending on the species she may lay them singularly or in a group. She may lay them on the underside of a leaf or in a crevasse. Most always she lays them on the most tender leaves. She may use the “simple eye” on her abdomen to lay on the tip of a twisted tendril.
A female butterfly is not a realtor, but she might as well be. Location is everything to her! Location, location, an investment in her species future…
… A minute spec of life is set upon a leaf, out crawls a miracle, a Butterfly to be – K. DAngelo
