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American Lady

Vanessa virginiensis

2 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
American Lady
Vanessa virginiensis American Painted Lady
Fyn Kynd
Fyn Kynd 11 years ago
American Lady
Vanessa virginiensis American Lady - Vanessa virginiensis - BugGuide.Net


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2 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Very similar, but Cardui has no white spot on the forewing and Cardui would have 4 spots of almost equal size on the hindwing ( a a a a, not A a a A as Virginiensis and yours).

DinDjarin
DinDjarin 11 years ago

Hi fishes3andme, a butterfly is a artropod no a other, please, change to artropod category, thank you.

Fishes3andMe
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Fishes3andMe

Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA

Spotted on May 23, 2012
Submitted on Oct 29, 2012

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