tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2605500993437899334.post505682478867510448..comments2024-02-29T06:30:40.245-08:00Comments on The Gardens of Petersonville: Emerging BeautyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2605500993437899334.post-24903675599764884442008-09-27T15:22:00.000-07:002008-09-27T15:22:00.000-07:00Yes Kathleen, you are right! It is the gulf fritil...Yes Kathleen, you are right! It is the gulf fritillary! I really do not know my butterflies! Thanks for the information!Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15126794179121146839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2605500993437899334.post-34831099499785851802008-09-25T20:39:00.000-07:002008-09-25T20:39:00.000-07:00WOW! That's a fantastic photo Sheila! It looks l...WOW! That's a fantastic photo Sheila! It looks like a Gulf Fritillary butterfly to me. Check out this link:<BR/>http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/lepidopt/nymph/gulf.htm<BR/>Looks like they are common in your area. I would say it paid to look down that morning for sure!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2605500993437899334.post-13653807039627481712008-09-23T14:20:00.000-07:002008-09-23T14:20:00.000-07:00Since I've never seen an emerging monarch, I guess...Since I've never seen an emerging monarch, I guess I didn't recognize it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2605500993437899334.post-89912410622673537022008-09-22T19:40:00.000-07:002008-09-22T19:40:00.000-07:00Msrobin,I know it doesn't look like a monarch, but...Msrobin,<BR/><BR/>I know it doesn't look like a monarch, but I assure you the other side of its wings were the familiar orange and black pattern that we associate with the monarch butterfly and it was right beside a passion vine that they love, so I assumed it was a monarch.Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15126794179121146839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2605500993437899334.post-39300988847109331092008-09-22T19:24:00.000-07:002008-09-22T19:24:00.000-07:00I'm such a butterfly nut, but I have yet to see on...I'm such a butterfly nut, but I have yet to see one hatch. What a treat! I have to admit yours doesn't look like a monarch, but I'm unsure what butterflies can be found in California.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com