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Photo of variegated fritillary eggs?
LouisianaMark wrote:
Hello everyone,

I found 2 eggs on my Passiflora retipetala (cyanea) this morning. They were relatively large, and each had a gold "fleck" in it. The gold "flecks" don't show up well in the photo. I was thinking they might be variegated fritillary eggs, since the VF chrysalis also has gold flecks. However, I've never seen a variegated fritillary in my yard. These are at least 3 to 4 times the size of a gulf fritillary egg. Can anyone help ID these eggs:

Thanks!
Mark