This butterfly is a world traveler: Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) may be the most common butterfly as it is found on almost every continent.
Wordless Wednesday
Breaking New Ground in Zone 5
The adventures of southern gardeners starting over in New England
Beautiful!
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Did you click on the butterfly to get up close and personal?
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Annie, here we have not had any sightings of the Painted Lady as yet but I live in hope!
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Maybe it’s a light year for them in England. They travel from North Africa and are sometimes called Thistle Butterflies. Look for them there. Loved reading about your good work with your native butterflies.
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Yes and it is a perfect picture of beauty!
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This is my new work screen saver! Wow, what a beautiful photo!
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Marbles and Robin, it’s easy to appreciate the gifts of nature with the naked eye but it’s interesting to magnify objects to see the beauty we miss.
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