Painted Lady [Filler]

Submitted to BAMONA for a sighting this year and confirmation of ID, but this is an easy ID.

» ID'ed as Vanessa cardui or “Painted Lady”: [ BAMONA ] [ BugGuide ]
» Species pages: [ BAMONA ] [ BugGuide ] [ UK Butterflies ]

Looking back
  1 year ago: “Another row on water” … but the last for several months
 2 years ago: “Draining the stern compartment”
 3 years ago: “Mall of America [Travel day]”
 4 years ago: “Gray Hairstreak”
 5 years ago: “International Rose Test Garden”
 6 years ago: “Cabbage White on Allium (Ohio)”
 7 years ago: “Life-and-death in the back yard”
 8 years ago: “4-frame day: 11:50 p.m. …”
 9 years ago: “At least it wasn’t a Sachem…”
10 years ago: “Finally!” (Hummingbird)
11 years ago: “Snapdragon”

[ IMG_3763S75x75tm :: 60mm ]

[Mags]

Fantastic shot!

[Jesika]

Beautiful lady. The one which visits UK has an even longer migration than the mighty Monarch. It was only 2009 when its return journey was discovered.

[GaryW]

Great color and light!