Fritillary caterpillar, but which one please.

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Lily_love Central, AL(Zone 7b) Sep 05, 2010

The cat. was found among Gulf Frits. cats. But its stripes and coloring set it apart from others. Please help I.D.

(sorry wrong picture) these I recognized as G.Fs. ), see next picture please.

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Lily_love Central, AL(Zone 7b) Sep 05, 2010

Here is the caterpillar in need of possitive I.D.

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greenthumb99 Lucketts, VA(Zone 7a) Sep 05, 2010

Looks similar to (not same as) variegated fritillary caterpillar (Euptoieta claudia). I would not be surprised if it IDs a some species of fritillary too.

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melody Benton, KY(Zone 7a) Sep 06, 2010

I'm going to say Variegated Fritillary. It looks the closest of any of the images and individuals can vary depending on age and location.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/332477/bgimage

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