{"id":92460,"date":"2021-07-22T05:03:20","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T11:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=92460"},"modified":"2026-03-16T07:21:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:21:39","slug":"female-great-spangled-fritillary-butterfly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2021\/07\/22\/female-great-spangled-fritillary-butterfly\/","title":{"rendered":"Female Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GreatGreat Spangled Fritillary butterfly female in July \u2013 Nikon D810, f7.1, 1\/640, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

When I first saw this butterfly nectaring on a Musk Thistle I didn’t recognize the species and that is because she had her wings closed. This is a female Great Spangled Fritillary, a butterfly species that can be abundant in the Wasatch Mountains<\/span><\/a> at this time of the year.<\/p>\n

Most of the time when I see the females of this Great Spangled Fritillary butterflies they have their wings open while they are nectaring.<\/p>\n

\"NectaringNectaring female Great Spangled Fritillary butterfly \u2013 Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

When the wings of female Great Spangled Fritillary butterflies are open the patterns and colors are quite different. This photo was taken nearly two years ago.<\/p>\n

\"GreatGreat Spangled Fritillary butterfly resting on Black Twinberry Honeysuckle – Nikon D500, f7.1, 1\/1250, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Male Great Spangled Fritillary butterflies look nothing like the females. I photographed this male on a Black Twinberry Honeysuckle about two years ago.<\/p>\n

I enjoy photographing butterflies when I can.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my insect and spider images. Click here<\/a><\/span> to see more of my wildflower photos along with shrubs and trees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a female Great Spangled Fritillary, a butterfly species that can be abundant in the Wasatch Mountains at this time of the year.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":172015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6668,4594,26,773],"tags":[4004,6669,6603,6041,6042,3940,6623,4070,5370,12033,6634,6670,6608,9360,6600,4069,6622,6044,6853,5064,2315,6626,6624,4307],"class_list":["post-92460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-great-spangled-fritillary-butterflies","category-morgan-county","category-utah","category-wasatch-mountains","tag-adult","tag-argynnis-cybele","tag-black-twinberry-honeysuckle","tag-butterflies","tag-butterfly","tag-canyon","tag-carduus-nutans","tag-female","tag-forest","tag-fritillaries","tag-fritillary","tag-great-spangled-fritillary","tag-honeysuckle","tag-honeysuckles","tag-lonicera-involucrata","tag-mountains","tag-musk-thistle","tag-nectaring","tag-nonnative","tag-pink-wildflowers","tag-summer-3","tag-thistle","tag-thistles","tag-wildflowers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t