Comments on: Variegated Fritillary Caterpillar

By: brittany

brittany — Tue, 08 May 2012 23:59:35 +0000

Thanks u helped me figure out what kind of caterpillar was on my little sisters plants was so now every day we are going outside and watching what it does and for a 3 year old girl it is fasinating so again thanks!!!!!!!

By: J

Tue, 01 May 2012 12:29:50 +0000

You can’t believe it i found like 3 or 4 when my neighbor was gardening she asked what is it i told her it is a catapillar with spikes.

By: Michelle B.

Michelle B. — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:02:47 +0000

We are having warmer temps in TX earlier than usual this spring; although it was 49 degrees this morning which is chilly to me. Just missed all the tornado action on Tuesday. Thank goodness!

By: Tim Eisele

Tim Eisele — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:55:29 +0000

Michelle:
Yow, I didn’t realize the season was so advanced in Texas (her in northern Michigan we are still getting freezing temperatures most nights, and the pussy willows are just now blooming).

This reminds me that we should probably put out some pansies, violets, and petunias soon to see if we can get some more fritillary caterpillars.

By: Shala C

Shala C — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 04:54:07 +0000

We have had some early butterflies on sap in early March. But it is so hot here in Southeast NE that I will probably give pansies a miss this year. But we have some lovely violets, purple, blue and white; so hoping they will be happy with those.

By: Michelle B.

Michelle B. — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 00:39:49 +0000

Thanks for the pictures! I have about twenty of these caterpillars in my pansies right now in north central Texas. I’m glad to finally know what they are. The pansies are wilting in the 85+ degree heat so I’ll just let the caterpillars have them.

By: katlyn

katlyn — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:04:19 +0000

thanx this helped so much!!!!!!!:)

By: Cinnamon

Cinnamon — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:23:53 +0000

Thank you so much! I saw one of these at work today and had to take its picture. It was simply beautiful.

By: Jess Granger

Jess Granger — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:55:59 +0000

Thank you! This was driving me nuts! I found one of these little guys on my maypop vine. I suspected it was a Variegated Fritillary, because it looked so similar to the Gulf Fritillary caterpillars that usually eat the vine. But I couldn’t find a picture anywhere. I’m attempting to raise him in a nice little container on my porch now. I was doing it just to confirm my suspicions that it was a Variegated Frit, but now I’ll probably put the little guy out on the vine again. Then again, if he’s happy in the box, I’d love a picture once he grows up.

Thanks again!

Jess Granger

By: marcie o'connor

marcie o'connor — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:12:04 +0000

I’ve been enjoying reading your posts and wondered if you’d be interested in a site I just started. Its purpose is to learn about the life cycles of insects, and document them with photos. You talk a lot about the life cycles of the insects you find, so I thought you might like to see the site, and maybe contribute to it. Here’s the link: http://www.buglifecycles.com
It’s pretty new, so we’re trying to get the word out that we exist. We’d love to have more readers and more contributors! Let me know if you’re interested!