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japple

(10,292 posts)
Sun Sep 17, 2017, 06:46 PM Sep 2017

Can anyone help me identify this butterfly on my fig tree?

I'm in N. Georgia. We have blue swallowtails that visit our bronze fennel and parsley, but this is something different. I haven't been able to find a picture that matches this one.

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Can anyone help me identify this butterfly on my fig tree? (Original Post) japple Sep 2017 OP
Looks like a Karner Blue? n/t TygrBright Sep 2017 #1
Not in my area, unless it is in migration. japple Sep 2017 #2
Dunno, but it's a beauty! nt SunSeeker Sep 2017 #3
Red Spotted Admiral Mike__M Sep 2017 #4
That's it. Thanks a bunch. One of their food sources is rotting fruit and our fig tree definitely japple Sep 2017 #6
Blue Morpho Butterfly hlthe2b Sep 2017 #5
This looks like the same guy/female nocoincidences Sep 2017 #7
Here's a picture of the other one--it had a torn wing and looks a bit faded. japple Sep 2017 #8

japple

(10,292 posts)
2. Not in my area, unless it is in migration.
Sun Sep 17, 2017, 06:53 PM
Sep 2017

" is most widespread in Wisconsin, and can be found in portions of Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, and Ohio. It may also be present in Illinois."

Mike__M

(1,052 posts)
4. Red Spotted Admiral
Sun Sep 17, 2017, 06:59 PM
Sep 2017

The shape is similar to our Pacific Northwest Lorquin's Admiral, but the blue on yours is beautiful!

japple

(10,292 posts)
6. That's it. Thanks a bunch. One of their food sources is rotting fruit and our fig tree definitely
Sun Sep 17, 2017, 07:13 PM
Sep 2017

had some droopy figs. It was a contest between the butterflies, the yellow jackets and the wasps. We are getting figs for the first time in several years. I dried some in a borrowed food dehydrator and put them in the freezer. We will have a figgy pudding at Christmas!

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