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Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Photo by LuckyLogan
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Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui
Musicwolf
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Musicwolf
The American Lady would be more orange overall and would have two large ventral eyespots on each hindwing. Even though we cant see the ventral view on this one, the eyespots would show up with some blue on the dorsal view. Definitely a Painted Lady :).

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Iowan Biodiversity
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PublishedMay 23, 2014

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