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Black/Red or Orange striped caterpillar (Gulf Fritillary )

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Gulf Fritillary
by: Kerry Johnson

Thank you Jane and Moni for your ID and valuable input regarding this caterpillar. I would love to read Jim's article about this butterfly but had a hard time finding it from the website's home page. I was able to view the butterfly from the links Jane provided and that is definitely what I saw. If you could post the link to the article that would be fantastic! By the way, just yesterday, I counted 7 of these caterpillars. I bet there are more but they are hidden in the passion flower jungle in my yard :) Thanks again to the both of you!
Gulf Frittilary
by: Jane B

I tried to post a lengthy quote and some links from Naturalist Jim Conrad's newsletter which I received today. He had a picture very similar to yours from the Yucatan. He gave some great links. Maybe my comment was too long as it has not shown up yet. The difficulty with identifying this caterpillar is that it comes in a lot of varieties! Great picture by the way.
Gulf Fritillary
by: Moni

Kerry
Jane nailed it. It is the Gulf fritillary. Thanks for all the info Jane!
Larvae are generally orange with black branched spines and greenish-black stripes, but yours is the purple striped variant found more in the western states.
Gulf Frittilary
by: Jane B

Amazingly Jim Conrad who writes a weekly newsletter (from the Yucatan at the moment) wrote about this caterpillar today!

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