Spreading My Wings

Title

Spreading My Wings

Artist

Betty LaRue

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Photograph - Digital Art, Photograph

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Gulf Fritillary, Agraulis vanillae, feeds on Abelia x Grandiflora. The image has been digitally manipulated and a texture added. This image of the Gulf Fritillary was taken at a butterfly park in Oklahoma City. The Abelia flowers, growing on a shrub-like plant, attract many different kinds of butterflies. I have attracted the Gulf Fritillary to my own garden with ease. I just offer a variety of flowers. When you see one of these beauties, with sunlight reflecting off those orange wings, the sight lights up your garden. I have not found them shy and they are easily photographed with my Nikon camera and 105VR micro lens compared to some other varieties.
The Gulf Fritillary or Passion Butterfly, Agraulis vanillae, is a striking, bright orange butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, subfamily Heliconiinae. These were formerly classified in a separate family, the Heliconiidae or longwing butterflies, and like other longwings this species does have long, rather narrow wings in comparison with other butterflies. It is not closely related to the true fritillaries.
The Gulf Fritillary is a medium to large butterfly, with a wingspan of 6�9.5 cm (2.4�3.7 in). Its underwings are buff, with large silvery spots. It takes its name from migrating flights of the butterflies sometimes seen over the Gulf of Mexico.

The Gulf Fritillary is commonly seen in parks and gardens, as well as in open country. Its range extends from Argentina through Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean to the southern United States, as far north as the San Francisco Bay Area on the west coast. It is occasionally found farther north in the US.

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March 29th, 2013

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