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Painted Lady Butterfly - Vanessa cardui *Note the fly on the rope in the background - it flew away before I could get a closer look.<br />
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Habitat: Rural garden Geotagged,Painted Lady,Summer,United States,Vanessa cardui,butterfly Click/tap to enlarge

Painted Lady Butterfly - Vanessa cardui

*Note the fly on the rope in the background - it flew away before I could get a closer look.

Habitat: Rural garden

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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/6.3
  • 1/664s
  • ISO100
  • 100mm