Julia Butterfly
Some call this bright orange butterfly "the flame," and it's easy to see why. Most call it Julia, or Julia heliconian. In any case, it's Dryas iulia, scientifically speaking.
Julia adults have a wider list of flowers from which they like to nectar. The list includes lantana and Spanish needles aka shepherd's needles, as shown in the photo above, and creeping oxeye as shown in the middle photo below. It travels the same routes daily to forage for nectar, a process called trap-lining.
My garden September 2021
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Julia Butterfly
Some call this bright orange butterfly "the flame," and it's easy to see why. Most call it Julia, or Julia heliconian. In any case, it's Dryas iulia, scientifically speaking.
Julia adults have a wider list of flowers from which they like to nectar. The list includes lantana and Spanish needles aka shepherd's needles, as shown in the photo above, and creeping oxeye as shown in the middle photo below. It travels the same routes daily to forage for nectar, a process called trap-lining.
My garden September 2021
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File Name: NZ6_2812