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Painted Lady Butterfly - Vanessa cardui This garden was buzzing with bugs. Just in this photo, there are 2 skippers, a planthopper (white fuzzy blob on echinacea stem), and the painted lady!<br />
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Painted Lady Butterfly - Vanessa cardui

This garden was buzzing with bugs. Just in this photo, there are 2 skippers, a planthopper (white fuzzy blob on echinacea stem), and the painted lady!

Habitat: Rural garden

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  1. A feast! Posted 5 years ago
    1. Yes! They love those flowers! Posted 5 years ago

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"Vanessa cardui" is the most widespread of all butterfly species. It is commonly called the painted lady, or formerly in North America the cosmopolitan.

Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Nov 11, 2019. Captured Jul 25, 2019 09:42 in 281 Main St S, Woodbury, CT 06798, USA.
  • Canon EOS 80D
  • f/22.0
  • 1/256s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm