Examples of fritillary in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Regal fritillary butterflies, which subsist on violets and stick to prairie habitats, are disappearing. — From Usa Today Network And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2022 Gulf fritillary butterflies are orange like monarchs and queens. — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 4 June 2021 The fritillary is similar and as striking as the monarch, which will arrive by the thousands to Crow-Hassan at the end of August to feed on the spiky blazing stars — also intentionally planted for them. — Bob Timmons, Star Tribune, 31 July 2020 Specifically, BBC News mentions that the openings created by bison could allow plants such as cow wheat to grow, adding that a rare butterfly called the heath fritillary depends on the plant. — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 July 2020 Andrew Fusek Peters spent two hours in the Shropshire hills to capture the images, one of which shows the exact moment a fritillary leaves a thistle at the Brook Vessons nature reserve. — Fox News, 30 June 2020 Gulf fritillaries do their breeding on passion vine. — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 21 May 2020 Some caterpillars such as the Gulf fritillary should be encouraged. — Howard Garrett, Dallas News, 11 May 2020 Silvery Persian fritillaries dangle their bell shapes over others. — Domenica Bongiovanni, Indianapolis Star, 27 Apr. 2020 See More

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