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Painted Lady or Cosmopolitan

Vanessa cardui

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Notes:

We raised this one from a caterpillar.

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bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago
Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui Vanessa cardui


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3 Comments

dazynay
dazynay 10 years ago

Thank you!

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bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

It is the other one, Vanessa cardui. Note the different amount and size of spots on the hindwing:
http://people.duke.edu/~jspippen/butterf...

Ali Hemati Pour
Ali Hemati Pour 10 years ago

So Sweet!

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dazynay
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dazynay

South Carolina, USA

Spotted on Jun 6, 2012
Submitted on Apr 28, 2013

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