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japple

(10,321 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

TygrBright

(20,987 posts)

1. Looks like a Karner Blue? n/t

Reply to japple (Original post)

Sun Sep 17, 2017, 06:49 PM

Sep 2017

japple

(10,321 posts)

2. Not in my area, unless it is in migration.

Reply to TygrBright (Reply #1)

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."

SunSeeker

(53,656 posts)

3. Dunno, but it's a beauty! nt

Reply to japple (Original post)

Sun Sep 17, 2017, 06:55 PM

Sep 2017

Mike__M

(1,052 posts)

4. Red Spotted Admiral

Reply to japple (Original post)

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

(10,321 posts)

6. That's it. Thanks a bunch. One of their food sources is rotting fruit and our fig tree definitely

Reply to Mike__M (Reply #4)

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!