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Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly fueling up on a cluster of purple milkweed A Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly using its proboscis to fuel up on the purple milkweed. (Scientific name for purple milkweed: Asclepias Purpurascens.) I love the vivid colors about both of these species! Butterfly,Flowers,Great Spangled Fritillary,Leaves,Plants,Speyeria cybele,colorful,contest,insect,milkweed,natural,nature,proboscis Click/tap to enlarge

Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly fueling up on a cluster of purple milkweed

A Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly using its proboscis to fuel up on the purple milkweed. (Scientific name for purple milkweed: Asclepias Purpurascens.) I love the vivid colors about both of these species!

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The Great Spangled Fritillary

The great spangled fritillary is a North American butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
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Uploaded Jul 16, 2016. Captured Jun 18, 2015 10:21.
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  • COOLPIX P520
  • f/4.9
  • 1/250s
  • ISO180
  • 107mm