More Butterfly Activity

This time it's the Gulf Fritillaries who have my eye. I found this chrysalis on my tire yesterday and it reminded me of another one we saw on our front porch. So I added pics of both of them here. That chrysalis looks sort of like a crumpled leaf.

Gulf Fritillary Chrysalis and Emerging

Our neighbors have a host plant for this butterfly. That means that the butterfly will lay her eggs on only that type of plant. When the eggs hatch, the tiny caterpillars will feast on the plant and eventually get big enough to turn into butterflies. The caterpillars crawl over to our yard sometimes for making the big change into a butterfly. Witnessing this and thinking about what happens never gets old.