Patty took this picture of two male Julia Dryas  Butterflies having a sip of nectar on a hot afternoon at Winston Gardens Park.

In this photo two male Julia Dyras Butterflies are nectaring on Snakeroot flowers.

Above, a female Julia Butterfly nectars on Spanish Needles.

Julia Butterflies lay their eggs on Passion Vines. So far the only one I've seen them use, or found their caterpillars on, is our Florida native Corky Stem Passion Vine, Passiflora Suberosa.

As you can see in these (sorry, slightly fuzzy... still chasing the butterflies and hope to replace those with better pictures someday) photos of Julia Butterflies laying eggs, they don't care where on the vine they lay them like the other passion vine butterflies in South Florida do.

Once the caterpillars get big enough, they hang upside-down and make this chrysalis:

The female Julia Butterfly is a softer more brown orange than the male, and she has more dark marks on top of her wings:

As butterflies age, they lose scales. See how faded and worn the upper female appears compared to the younger female below:

Darned shadows! You try to get a decent picture, and the flower sways from the butterfly landing on it, or the wind blowing, or the creature flies away mid click, and the one time you get it right, the shadows are goofy!

Julia Butterflies are somewhat frustrating to photograph. They just don't sit still like the Zebra Heliconian Butterflies do.

Julia Butterflies finally decided that my yard is a good place to live, and instead of finding one or two a year, I'm up to spotting them every day. Perhaps I had to wait for my vines to mature enough for them? I'm not sure, since the Zebra Heliconian and Gulf Fritillary butterflies have used the same vines for years.