Painted Lady Butterfly (Vanessa cardui), feeding from an Ox-eye Daisy flower (Leucanthemum sp.). Tattered wing tips, general loss of colour, would suggest this is a recent arrival migrant to England from Africa.​


Painted Lady Butterfly (Vanessa cardui), feeding from an Ox-eye Daisy flower (Leucanthemum sp. ) . Tattered wing tips, general loss of colour, would suggest that a recent arrival as a migrant from Africa to UK. June. Norfolk.


Size: 5760px × 3840px
Photo credit: © Joe Blossom / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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