Sunday, September 26, 2010

Attack of the Gulf Fritillary


There was an unbelievable number of these butterflies attacking the flowers and butterfly bush last Thursday.  I've never seen so many.  I believe they are Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae), but I'm certainly subject to being corrected.

3 comments:

Jack Thyen said...

Very Cool! I don't think I have ever seen so many butterflies on one bush!

ShEiLa said...

I love flowers and butterflies... what a totally gorgeous shot!!!!

ToOdLeS.

Rob said...

Beautiful! They all left MN, a cool 35 degrees this morning.