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West Coast Lady

Vanessa annabella

Photo by redyellgrn99
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Field Notes

Description:

The West Coast Lady (Vanessa annabella) is one of three North American species of brush-footed butterflies known colloquially as the "painted ladies". V. annabella occurs throughout much of the western US and south western Canada.

Source: Wikipedia

Notes:

I found this little butterfly flying on the Elfin Forest trail as it landed on a flower. Got a nice picture too! This butterfly obviously isn't camera shy!

Reference Links:

West Coast Lady - Vanessa annabella - Overview, West Coast Lady

Species ID Suggestions

West Coast Lady

Vanessa annabella

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Comments (6)
redyellgrn99
Thank you. I will update these soon. Please feel free to correct me on anything else as it will not only benefit me, but the rest of the community as well. Thank you.
gatorfellows
Welcome and Project Noah is a fun way to learn. :)
KarenL
Hi redyellgrn & welcome to the community! Now that gatorfellows has correctly identified this for you please can you update the common & scientific names in edit. Thanks!
redyellgrn99
Thanks for the info. I am new at this. I'll learn. :-)
gatorfellows
My apologies, this is a west coast lady. I grew up simply calling them painted ladies :)

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