A surprise on the ground,

and I don't even know its name. I am sure many will ;-)

[Monique]

It’s beautiful, this one is swarming about the bushes here too

[Sharon Lee]

Lovely capture

[JackieR]

Call her Bernadette butterfly?! Well spotted

[Anne]

Beautiful, think it’s a Tortishell Butterfly (May have spelt that wrong!)

[Babs]

What a beauty.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

oh very nice!

[Valerie Chesney]

how very besutiful

[Richard Brown]

In the UK it's called a painted lady https://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.php?species=cardui Nice find and shot

[Bep]

What a beauty!

[Merrelyn]

Well spotted, lucky you didn't step on it :)

[bruni]

Lovely wing spread of this Painted Lady.

[Paul]

Nice catch of the Painted Lady with her wing colors on display.

[tony gig]

Lovely detail...fav

[Judith Johnson]

Stunning image and such a sharp focus

[Casablanca]

Oh gorgeous! Looks a little like a red admiral to me, but so many are similar.

[Jacqueline]

Beautiful capture!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Nice shot

[Milanie]

Good shot of the Painted Lady and her hairy body.

[Diana]

@momamo @sugarmuser @30pics4jackiesdiamond @365anne @onewing @koalagardens @happysnaps @rjb71 @gijsje @merrelyn @bruni @pej @tonygig @busylady @casablanca @jacqbb @elisasaeter @milaniet Thanks for the kind comments, fav and getting it on the TP. It is very much appreciated :-)

[Diana]

@rjb71 Thanks for the ID and clip Richard :-)

[Sue Cooper]

A fabulous shot of a painted lady.

[Shanne]

you've been told painted lady haven't you? great shot

[Diana]

@susiemc @shannejw Thanks so much :-)