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Eliza Waters 
Beautiful Eliza!
Thank you, Cindy! ❤
This is beautiful – both butterfly and photograph!
Thank you, Anne!
And Oregon State Beavers butterfly on a beautiful flower, Possibly all time best Wordless Wednesday
Thank you very much, Greg!
Stunning 🤩
Thank you, Karen! ❤
“Fritillary” is as pretty a word as the butterfly it describes!
It’s like nature’s beauties pose for your lens, Eliza!
🙂 Thanks, Isha. I’d like to think that!
😊💕
Just gorgeous! The colour combinations and the details. Wow! That photo should be on your wall.
Thank you very much, Maria! 🙂
Excellent, Eliza! Great Spangled Frit, I believe. We used to get several each summer but it’s been a while.
Thank you, Steve, that is correct. Their host plant is violets, of which I have lots, esp. in the lawn!
Beautiful
Thank you, Brian. 🙂
What a bodacious visitor! Growing flowers is/are a source of so much enjoyment and photo ops.
Yes, indeed. The coneflowers are really popular these days!
I think you might have inspired me to paint a fritillary! Such delicate markings, like the little stripes on a tiger’s forehead.
Wonderfull! They are lovely butterflies with silver spots on their underwing. 🙂
Beautiful flower and visitor you have here. I also applaud your camera skills because those beauties are fast. 🙂
Thank you, Judy. I got lucky with this one. 🙂
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Thank you for reblogging!
Which species is this? I most often see the Gulf Coast Fritillary, but this one seems different.
Great Spangled Fritillary, our most common that we see. It has lovely silver spangles on the underwing.
What a beauty! The delicate patten of the butterfly looks as though it has been piped on with a pastry bag.
🙂 Yes, it does! Thanks, Laurie.
A perfect photo Eliza. How lucky you were to get it sitting with its wings spread, dead centre on the coneflower. 😃
IKR? I guess it was so hungry it ignored me!
How lovely, Eliza!
And how funny that on Sorryless, my WW is also an orange butterfly 🙂
Thank you, Dale. July is Fritillary season!
It does seem to be as they are, all sorts, all over the place!
A great photo. Is your header your garden?
Thank you, Diana. Yes, it is my garden from a few years ago. Lots of calendula that year!
moth to a flowery flame
to day
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bee flower
bush
the sound?
bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
lovely post ty/’
Thank you!
A perfect pairing!
Thank you, Allison, it certainly captured my attention! 🙂
Beautiful! I have Gulf Frits here and they look a bit different, haven’t seen this one and you know I love it. Do you know what they host on?
Thanks, Amy. Violets are the larval host of Great Spangled Fritillaries, of which I have many, growing everywhere on the property.
Fabulous..win win for the gardener.
A gorgeous pair they are!
Thank you, Sandy!
Welcome, Eliza.
Beautifully captured Eliza! xxx
It’s a beauty. Great shot!
Thank you, Hien!
Lovely capture, it’s the epitome of a summer garden vignette.
Thank you, Tina. One of my favorite summer things to do is stand in the garden and watch the pollinators flit and buzz about. Relaxing and rewarding. 🙂
Beautiful. Our gulf fritillaries seem to have already moved on.
Thank you, Kris. I associate these with early July, but I read that the females don’t lay eggs until fall and not necessarily on violet plants! The instars are left to find their host plants on their own, poor things. At least I have lots of violets for them to find.
Wonderful butterfly pic. I love the name fritillary too. A flutter of frivolous fritilaries!
Thank you, Georgina! 🙂
That word works just as well for both flower and butterfly. 😀
True! I wonder which one came first? 🙂
Heh! 😀
Beautiful Image Eliza! Enjoyed seeing it!
Thank you, Reed!
Stunning!!🙂
Thank you! 🙂
What a great capture — well done, Eliza!
Thanks so much, Debbie!
A beautiful capture of a difficult subject. 😊
Thank you, Irene. I was pleased that is stayed still and open long enough for me to snap!
Nice shot. I like the color contrast and the way the petals frame the butterfly.
Thank you, David. Pink and orange are quite a splashy combo!
This fills me with delight! 😊
So glad– thanks, Val!
It picked a nice spot to land. Lovely photo, Eliza!
Thank you, Belinda!
Hi Eliza,
fine picture and colour editing.
Thynks for sharing
The Fab Four of Cley
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
Thank you kindly. Actually, I only edited for light, sharpness and noise. The color is natural 🙂
That is just an amazing photo! Wow!!!
Thank you very much, Gary!
Excellent 👌
Thank you, Priti!
Beautiful photo and I love butterflies 🙂
Thank you, Karina!
Exellent photography. Beautiful butterfly.
Thank you!
Well done, Eliza, fabulous shot!
Thank you, Donna!
What a lovely butterfly and a standout against the contrasting colour of the flower.
Thank you, Carol. I got lucky on this one. 🙂
Lovely contrast! Its eyes seem to be studying the ends of its antennae. 🙂
🙂 Thanks, Barbara!
An excellent combination. Call it Fritinacea or Echinillary.
Thanks, Steve!
Eliza, you captured a lovely moment! Just delightful!
I haven’t seen a Fritillary this summer but hope to.
Thank you, Susie. The host plant for Great Spangled Frits are violets, of which I have lots, so they are plentiful here.
Beautiful patterns – and what a great description ‘spangled’ is. You’ve reminded me of some childhood sweeties – Spangles!
Thanks, Susan. The spots are quite silvery, so it is aptly named.
Wow! Beautiful image, Eliza. 🙂
Thank you, Jane!