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	<title>What's That Bug? &#187; Butterflies and Skippers</title>
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		<title>Gulf Fritillary with unusual black markings</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/26/gulf-fritillary-with-unusual-black-markings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:29:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Butterfly ID
October 25, 2009
This butterfly feeding on a Zennia bloom looks like a Gulf Frittilary,but for the black
coloring on the upper &#38; lower wings. Is this a sub-species of sort or a one-time mutation. It is the only one I have seen in my garden since I moved in 18 yrs ago.
Thanks for your patience; [...]


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		<title>Mystery Swallowtail is Common Mormon</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/21/mystery-swallowtail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[swallowtails]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[unknown black butterfly
October 21, 2009
Thank you for the identification of the Red headed meadow katydid! It is appreciated. My father took this photo Somewhere in southern Alabama or Mississippi and I could not find this particular black swallowtail. Could you help us out please?
South Alabama bug guy
South Alabama
Dear South Alabama bug guy,
In attempting to answer [...]


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		<title>Great Purple Hairstreak</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/19/great-purple-hairstreak-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/19/great-purple-hairstreak-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Swallowtail butterfly?
October 19, 2009
I&#8217;ve had a difficult time identifying this butterfly. It has markings similar to a Pipvine Swallowtail, but not close enough for a positive ID. Observed 10-18-2009 in Central Texas. Can you help?
Regards
Ed Sparks
McKinney Falls St. Park, Austin TX
Hi Ed,
Your lovely little butterfly is much too small to be a swallowtail.  It is [...]


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		<title>Female Orange Sulphur</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/13/female-orange-sulphur/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/13/female-orange-sulphur/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Whites and Sulfurs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yellow butterfly
October 12, 2009
Found in the tall bluestem prairie, October 5, 2009
Tom Fuller
Goose Lake Prairie, Illinois
Hi Tom,
This is a female Orange Sulphur, Colias eurytheme.  The female can be distinguished by the spots in the black wing borders.  The caterpillars feed on clover, alfalfa and other legumes.  You can search BugGuide for more information on the [...]


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		<title>Female Clouded Sulphur</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/08/female-clouded-sulphur/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/08/female-clouded-sulphur/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Whites and Sulfurs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What is this butterfly?
October 8, 2009
This butterfly has black edges and the rest is yellow other than one black spot on each upper wing and one yellow spot on each lower wing. I would really just like the scientific name.
scientific name?
Manchester, NH
Dear scientific name?
This is a Sulphur Butterfly in the genus Colias.  We believe it [...]


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		<title>Morpho peleides:  Tropical species in Indiana???</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/07/morpho-peleides-tropical-species-in-indiana/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/10/07/morpho-peleides-tropical-species-in-indiana/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brush Footed Butterflies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beautiful Blue Butterfly
October 7, 2009
Hello Bugman,
Today I was rummaging about my garden shed when this gorgeous specimen decided to join me. He landed on the window sill that is too far above my head for me to get a shot of the full spread wings. I was just wondering if you knew what sort of [...]


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		<title>Gulf Fritillary</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/29/gulf-fritillary-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/29/gulf-fritillary-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[butterfly
September 28, 2009
Please help me identify this butterfly photographed at Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge (Gulf Coast of Florida) August 17, 2009.
Tom Fuller
Gulf Coast of Florida
Hi Tom,
This is a very nice photograph of a Gulf Fritillary.





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		<title>Tawny Emperor</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/29/tawny-emperor-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/29/tawny-emperor-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Brush Footed Butterflies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tawny Emporer, or should I say hitchiker? lol.
September 28, 2009
Hey bugman,
I thought I would share this photo with ya&#8217;ll of a tawny emporer that tried to hitch a ride on my mom&#8217;s backpack strap. We had been to the IJAMS (pronounced Iams) Nature Center in Knoxville, Tennessee all morning (we live about 20 minutes away) [...]


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		<title>Long-Tailed Skipper laying eggs.  Caterpillar too!!!</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/27/long-tailed-skipper-laying-eggs-caterpillar-too/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/27/long-tailed-skipper-laying-eggs-caterpillar-too/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eggs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[medium butterfly laying eggs on bean plant
September 25, 2009
I discovered this butterfly laying eggs on the two varieties of beans I have growing, a bush type and vine type. The bush type is planted next to a square of soy beans.
The insect is approximately 2 inches wide and their flight pattern is sporadic and jittery [...]


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		<title>Giant Swallowtail</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/09/20/giant-swallowtail-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[swallowtails]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[what kind of butterfly is this?
September 19, 2009
my son took this wonerful picture of this butterfly in our backyard flower garden. i have never seen a butterfly like this one. maybe you could tell me what kind she is and how we can keep her coming back&#8230;
thanks, katy pierce
shreveport, louisiana
Hi Katy,
This is a Giant Swallowtail, [...]


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