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Great Spangled Fritillary - Speyeria cybele

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Size 2¼ - 3"
Egg Light brown egg.
Caterpillar Black with orange based branched spines along back.
Host / Food Violets
Broods 1 brood
Habitat Meadows, deciduous woods and pine forest openings.
Range Maritime Provences, south to North Carolina and Georgia, west to Arkansas, Tennessee and Oklahoma.
Notes

Avid flower visitor.

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