Painted Lady Butterfly resting on white flowering hawthorn bush. Vanessa cardui wingspan 60mm
Painted Lady Butterfly, upper wings have salmon - pink background coloured with patterns of black, white spots. The underwings are marbled with buff, white and brown the forewings are tinged with pinkish buff. Occurs throughout Europe. It prefers fields and downs but sometimes visits garden flowers. It is a fast flier particularly when disturbed but often returns to its original spot. Painted Ladies are continuously brooded but survive the winter only in the extreme south. The flight season lasts from April to October and individuals seen in Britain are invariably migrants. The larvae food plants include thistles and burdock. Vanessa cardui wingspan 60mm
Size: 3543px × 5197px
Location: Garden in Verwood Dorset UK England
Photo credit: © Ivor Toms / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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