{"id":8372,"date":"2021-04-16T20:15:49","date_gmt":"2021-04-17T00:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flgcc.com\/?p=8372"},"modified":"2026-01-26T10:55:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T15:55:44","slug":"zebra-longwing-butterfly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/2021\/04\/16\/zebra-longwing-butterfly\/florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Zebra Longwing Butterfly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One of my favorite butterflies is a zebra longwing. It is the official state butterfly of Florida. Unlike other butterflies that dart around, the zebra longwing seems to fly slower and is more graceful which may be just an illusion because of their stripe pattern. Zebra longwings are fairly large butterflies which can grow to 4 inches. The are typically not found north of Florida and they can also be seen in south Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1708\" src=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/210404-4-zebra-longwing-butterfly-on-white-coreopsis-flower.jpg\" alt=\"Zebra Longwing Butterfly On White Coreopsis Flower\" class=\"wp-image-98479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/210404-4-zebra-longwing-butterfly-on-white-coreopsis-flower.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/210404-4-zebra-longwing-butterfly-on-white-coreopsis-flower-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/210404-4-zebra-longwing-butterfly-on-white-coreopsis-flower-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/210404-4-zebra-longwing-butterfly-on-white-coreopsis-flower-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/210404-4-zebra-longwing-butterfly-on-white-coreopsis-flower-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/210404-4-zebra-longwing-butterfly-on-white-coreopsis-flower-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Zebra Longwing Butterfly on a White Coreopsis Flower<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>An interesting fact about the zebra longwing is that it is the only butterfly that feeds on pollen in addition to flower nectar. This allows them to live longer than other butterflies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of my favorite butterflies is a zebra longwing. It is the official state butterfly of Florida. Unlike other butterflies that dart around, the zebra longwing seems to fly slower and is more graceful which may be just an illusion because of their stripe pattern. Zebra longwings are fairly large butterflies which can grow to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2743],"tags":[2774],"class_list":["post-8372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-florida","tag-nature"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/210404-4-zebra-longwing-butterfly-on-coreopsis-flower.jpg?ver","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109164,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8372\/revisions\/109164"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flgcc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}