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PapaJon, I suggest you submit a sighting to http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org if you would like a definitive ID on the third photo.
KarenL, now that I looked again, I think you are right...it's not a Gulf Fritillary, but I don't know if it is the great spangled fritillary either...it seems brighter orange. But I really can't say for sure.
Heather you are spot on with the first 2 but I think the third is a great spangled fritillary http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Spangled_Fritillary
It looks like you might have 3 different spottings. Each could be their own spotting. The yellow and black one looks like a Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) female. The second looks like a Monarch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch_(butterfly) The 3rd one looks like http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7116546 Gulf Fritillary.
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PublishedSeptember 5, 2011

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