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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Crescents, Checkerspots, Anglewings, etc. (Nymphalinae) » Nymphalini » Ladies and Red Admiral (Vanessa) » Painted Lady - Hodges#4435 (Vanessa cardui)
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Butterfly - Vanessa cardui
Copyright © 2010 Pete Thompson

Butterfly - Vanessa cardui
Artesia, Eddy County, New Mexico, USA
October 16, 2010
Size: 40mm
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Contributed by Pete Thompson on 27 October, 2010 - 5:43pm
Last updated 27 October, 2010 - 7:27pm

Moved
Amazingly few of these are posted for New Mexico here, especially considering how abundant they are here.

Moved from ID Request.
… David J. Ferguson, 27 October, 2010 - 6:29pm login or register to post comments

 
They are very fast and cannot
They are very fast and cannot be approached with a close up lens. I used a 55-300mm and had to sway back and forth to get the shot. When bees landed in or near them they fluttered their wings and off went the bee.
… Pete Thompson, 27 October, 2010 - 10:13pm login or register to post comments

A couple different posted together,
so I've unlinked the different species. This one is a Painted Lady - Vanessa cardui.
… David J. Ferguson, 27 October, 2010 - 6:26pm login or register to post comments

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