Four eye spots. Clearly Vanessa cardui. No need to submit, especially since I already submitted a Painted Lady to BAMONA, BugGuide, and iNaturalist this month.
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A gorgeous butterfly that travels even further than your famous Monarch. South Africa, flies north, has been seen in Iceland and then heads back in autumn. It was only in 2009 that the return journey was confirmed and very recently that is goes sub sahara and even further south. And there's a tiny dragonfly with an even longer migration!
