#speyeria

[herpsandbirds]

Regal Fritillary (Speyeria idalia), family Nymphalidae, WI, USA

photographs by Terry Mortier

[onenicebugperday]

A lovely Speyeria(?) species sipping on lavender in Western Montana. Looking a bit tattery, but still very active and seemed to be getting around just fine!

Yes, looks like one of the fritillaries! Don't ask me which one, they all look the same to me. Love this friend, though. Butterflies and moths can fly with a truly shocking amount of damage to their wings.

[saritawolf]

Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) - (c) SaritaWolf - please do not repost

[vandaliatraveler]

This was a popular spot on the milkweed plant. As the fritillaries bumped back and forth for position, they knocked the bees off the flowers. But the bees kept coming back. That sweet nectar is a potent drug.

[cedar-glade]

On a wet seap in Harrison co Teeple glade. 

Monarda serotina

This species is still being finalized in publishing at the momment, it is a riparian zone species that prefers creek and river bank boundries near calceric outcroppings or with circum alkaline rocky soil composite; takes more dappled shade and can’t take dry conditions. It resembles an intermediate between M. fistulosa and M. clinopodia. Has more white flowers on average and is far less branched than M. fistulosa. and lacks floral spotting that M. clinopodia has. It’s major range is mostly limited to the Ohio River Valley(ORV) but has decent pocket populations outside of the valley making it not truly localized nor endemic. The butteflies nectaring on this plant are a pair of Spangled Fratillary, Speyeria cybele.

[dendroica]

Oregon silverspot (via USFWS - Pacific Region)

One of the Oregon silverspot butterflies from the reintroduction at Nestucca Bay NWR in Oregon. USFWS

[saritawolf]

Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) - (c) SaritaWolf - please do not repost

[saritawolf]

Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) - (c) SaritaWolf - please do not repost