Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies (excluding skippers) (Papilionoidea) » Brushfooted Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Crescents, Checkerspots, Anglewings, etc. (Nymphalinae) » Ladies and Red Admirals (Vanessa) » Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
Photo#83166
And October - Vanessa cardui
Copyright © 2005 Jason Forbes

And October - Vanessa cardui
Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
October 1, 2005
Contributed by Jason Forbes on 14 October, 2006 - 6:48pm

missed them this year
Jason,

Nice photo! We had lots of Painted Ladies last year in Durham, NC, This year I can recall only one report of them. Seeing many or just a few?
… Randy Emmitt, 14 October, 2006 - 7:21pm

 
very few
I've seen very few Vanessa at all this year. One in early May (uploaded the picture) and one in early July. Also had American Lady on maybe 5 days (3 one day, rest singles) and about the same for Red Admiral. Plus a couple more that didn't stay long enough to say which lady. That's about 66% less sightings than last year, but I was also out way more this year. I'd imagine that I would have had double to triple the sightings last year with comparable effort, so that's really a huge dropoff.
… Jason Forbes, 14 October, 2006 - 9:05pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2009 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by Iowa State University Entomology.