GULF FRITILLARY ECLOSING

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This Gulf Fritillary butterfly is eclosing, coming out of its chrysalis.  It's on its host plant Passion Flower (Passion Vine, May Pops).  This clip is sped up 500%, so what took five minutes in real time takes one minute here.  It dropped off the chrysalis before its wings finished expanding, but it climbed up on another branch to finish.  You can watch a video of the adult laying an egg HERE, and a video of the caterpillars not doing much of anything HERE.