Painted Lady Butterfly - Vanessa cardui
by Yvonne Johnstone
Title
Painted Lady Butterfly - Vanessa cardui
Artist
Yvonne Johnstone
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Painted lady butterflies have a pale buffy-orange background colour to the upper wings. The forewings have black tips marked with white spots; the hindwings have rows of black spots. The undersides are pale with blue eyespots.
Adults drink nectar from flowers. Caterpillars eat thistles, stinging nettles and mallows.
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September 22nd, 2019
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