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Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Photo by Christine Y.
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

The Painted Lady is a large butterfly, which is identified by the black and white corners of its mainly deep orange, black-spotted wings. It has five white spots in the black forewing tips and while the orange areas may be pale here and there, there are no clean white dots in them. The hindwings carry four small submarginal eyespots on dorsal and ventral sides.

Habitat:

Backyard garden.

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