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Painted Lady Butterfly

Vanessa cardui

Description:

Upperside is orange-brown with darker wing bases; forewing with black apex patch and white bar on leading edge; hindwing submarginal row of 5 small black spots sometimes has blue scales. This one is a bit tattered on the hind wings.

Habitat:

On Gregg's Mistflower bloom.

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gatorfellows
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gatorfellows

Denton, Texas, USA

Spotted on Nov 30, 2012
Submitted on Dec 5, 2012

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