Photos of Utah Butterflies, Gulf Fritillary - Agraulis vanillae incarnata, Immatures, Ova and larva collected November 4, 2006 courtesy Sally Levinson, Berkeley, California.

Gulf Fritillary
Agraulis vanillae incarnata
Immatures

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ADULT ECLOSURE

Ovum Development
3:30 P.M. November 10, 2006
egg

10:00 A.M. November 13, 2006
egg

3:01 P.M. November 13, 2006 - Head emerging from egg
emergee

First Instar November 13, 2006
1st

Larva consuming remaining nutrients
eating from egg case

First instar - one day old - November 4, 2006
nov 4

Second instar - molted to 2nd instar November 7, photo 8 November, 2006

Third instar - Molted to 3rd instar November 09, 2006 - 1:32 P.M.
3rd

Larva #4
Fourth instar - Molted to 4th instar on November 11, 2006
4th

Fifth Instar #7
close-up of head

Fifth Instar #1 - November 4, 2006
5th

Fifth Instar #1 - November 4, 2006
5th instar

Prepupa #4 at 2:10 P.M. November 21, 2006 Four hours before pupating	Prepupa #1 at 12:58 P.M. November 10, 2006

Larva #4 pupating on November 21, 2006

6:40 P.M. skin splitting	6:41 P.M. Head and wing emerged	6:43 P.M. skin has peeled back to tail
6:44 P.M. - pupa began swinging around in a circle to rid itself of larval skin and head	6:45 P.M. ventral view	7:56 P.M. pupa 7:56 P.M.

PUPA Pupa #1 Development - November 23, 2006 - 8:38 to 8:57 A.M.

Pupa #1 thirty minutes before the adult butterfly emerged - 2:25 P.M. November 23, 2006

Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis
Ova and larva collected November 4, 2006 courtesy Sally Levinson, Berkeley, California.
Photos of Ova, larvae and pupae development

Host Plant
Passion Vine, variety Coral Seas
Some other varieties they like are Lavender Lady, Constance Elliott, Passiflora caeruleae.
Some varieties, like alata-caerulea, are too toxic for them.