Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY PICTURES #101, 0 by C_A_Ivy

C_A_Ivy wrote:
vitrsna, I have some violets in the backyard but the Diana frit likes open wooded areas where Spring violets will emerge. I have as yet to see a Diana caterpillar but I saw a female oviposting eggs last September at a local park. She was nectaring frostweed then flew to the ground, opened her wings, then walked through the underbrush and pumped her wings back and forth while depositing eggs on the ground and leaves.
The male and female adults are very different in appearance. I did observe a male on wild verbena in my backyard in May of 2012. I've attached a pic of the male and the oviposting female from September'