Frequent fliers this weekend

Great Spangled Fritillary on Black Knight butterfly bush

Great Spangled Frit with wings open on Royal Red butterfly bush

Pipevine Swallowtail coming in for a landing

Amiercan Snout - I don't remember ever seeing one of these in person before.

Cloudless Suphur on balloon flower with grasshopper licking its chops.

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Aphrodite Fritillary on yellow lantana.

Female Tiger Swallowtail

Skippers having a party on rose lantana

Beautiful pictures Shive! I love the Tiger Swallowtail and the Great Spangled Fritillary!

Can anyone tell me which one this is?

This G.F. is new for me too, Shive could you help I.D. these G.F. please.

Thanks pelletory!

Lily_love and peoniae - It's hard to identify the fritillaries without also seeing the underside of the wings. A lot of them look similar. Just from looking at the photos, peoniae's looks like the Great Spangled. Was it a large butterfly? And Lily_love's looks like the Aphrodite.

Debra

Thanks Debra. Here's another butterfly

Thank you, Debra. I visited a friend who lives in North Eastern Tenn. There, I saw hundred of those G.F. on her Lavenders. A mesmerizing sight up on the Mountain.

Peoniae, love those Tiger Swallowtail. I spotted one flew over our area but didn't stop and nectar on my butterfly-bush. I was so disappointed then.

here's another view

Cabbage moth

Thanks Lilylove

peoniae - The underside of your frit is similar to mine, but not quite the same. Here's the underside of the Aphrodite.

Lily_love, it looks like a Variegated Fritillary to me!

I'm so thrilled with this new discovery! Thank you Linda, I think I've seen Melanie or other member with the variegated frit. before. Thanks Barb. It's the first time, I'm learning of different types of frits. Do they all use Passiflora as hostplant?

Here's another one from this afternoon.

Painted Lady

Well, I've seen the Variegated Fritillary use Maypop (Passilfora incarnata), but not other passies. They also use flax and violets.