🦋 Just saw this ragged Gulf Fritillary, surviving to the end of the season. Not surprised to see it because I do two things:
🔹 Maintain late-blooming flowers for butterflies to feed on
🔹 Allow native Passionvine (Passiflora incarnata) to grow in a large area. This is the *only* host plant for the caterpillars of this species.

🐛 Back in the Spring, I actually saw a caterpillar on a Passionvine leaf. Could this be the same individual?

😋 I add myself to the natural interconnection, a consumer of the Passionfruit and spreader of seeds.

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