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Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Description:

I would say this is a moth, very hairy body. Brownish wings with orange, white and black spots.

Habitat:

Sonoran Desert

1 Species ID Suggestions

AshleyT
AshleyT 10 years ago
Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui Vanessa cardui


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3 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Should be cardui (missing "i").

EvelynWilson
EvelynWilson 10 years ago

Thanks AshleyT!

AshleyT
AshleyT 10 years ago

This is a butterfly. The way to tell the difference between almost all moths and butterflies is by looking at the antennae. Butterflies have clubs on the end of them, moths have fuzzy antennae.

EvelynWilson
Spotted by
EvelynWilson

Sonora, Mexico

Spotted on Oct 10, 2013
Submitted on Oct 13, 2013

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