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Anderwood

Aug 7, 2013 6:31 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Reid
North Branch, MN (Zone 4b)

I saw this guy in a friend's garden. There was a pair of them.

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stone

Aug 7, 2013 7:08 AM CST

Name: stone
near Macon Georgia (USA) (Zone 8a)

Looks like a checkered fritillary.
I just checked google to see if they ranged that far north... seem like they do.

Please visit my garden!

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plantladylin

Aug 7, 2013 9:26 AM CST

Name: Lin Vosbury
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)

Wow, that is a Beautiful Fritillary, great shot!

If not the Checkered Fritillary, possibly the Great Spangled Frit:

http://www.nhptv.org/wild/grea...

http://www.naba.org/chapters/n...

Here's a list of Butterflies of Minnesota; click on any name on the left for photo's and description:

http://www.thebutterflysite.co...

~ I'm an old gal who still loves playing in the dirt!
~ Playing in the dirt is my therapy ... and I'm in therapy a lot!

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BrendaVR

Nov 24, 2013 1:29 PM CST

Name: BrendaVR
Ontario, Canada (Zone 6a)

If it was my area I would say a Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) (but we don't get the Checkered so can't comment on it..and all I'm getting in google is flower by that name and its not on eButterflies list of Canadian fritillaries so not in my area for sure.) :P

If we had no holes in our leaves we would have no butterflies!

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