Stephen Dalton / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) resting on Bugle flower (Ajuga sp) with wings open, UK
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Loic Poidevin / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) feeding on Thistle flowers, North Germany, June
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Loic Poidevin / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) feeding on Thistle flowers, North Germany, June
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Loic Poidevin / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) feeding on Thistle flowers, North Germany, June
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Loic Poidevin / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) on Aster flowers, Vendee, West France
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Colin Varndell / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) feeding on verbena flowers, Dorset, UK, October
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Alex Hyde / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa / Cynthis cardui) emerging from chrysalis. Sequence 12/14.
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Alex Hyde / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa / Cynthis cardui) emerging from chrysalis. Sequence 14/14.
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Alex Hyde / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa / Cynthis cardui) emerging from chrysalis. Sequence 13/14.
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Alex Hyde / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa / Cynthis cardui) emerging from chrysalis. Sequence 9/14.
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Alex Hyde / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa / Cynthis cardui) emerging from chrysalis. Sequence 8/14.
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Alex Hyde / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa / Cynthis cardui) emerging from chrysalis. Sequence 10/14.
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Alex Hyde / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa / Cynthis cardui) emerging from chrysalis. Sequence 7/14.
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Alex Hyde / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa / Cynthis cardui) emerging from chrysalis. Sequence 6/14.
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Alex Hyde / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa / Cynthis cardui) emerging from chrysalis. Sequence 5/14.
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Alex Hyde / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa / Cynthis cardui) emerging from chrysalis. Sequence 4/14.
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Alex Hyde / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa / Cynthis cardui) emerging from chrysalis. Sequence 1/14.
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Alex Hyde / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa / Cynthis cardui) emerging from chrysalis. Sequence 3/14.
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Alex Hyde / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa / Cynthis cardui) emerging from chrysalis. Sequence 2/14.
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Alex Hyde / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa / Cynthis cardui) emerging from chrysalis. Sequence 11/14.
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Colin Varndell / Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) feeding on nectar from Phuopsis stylosa flowers. Dorset, UK. September 2007
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Colin Varndell / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) feeding on Phuopsis stylosa flowers. Dorset, UK, September
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Colin Varndell / Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) feeding on Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) flowers. Dorset, UK August
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Colin Varndell / Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) at rest on leaf. Dorset, UK September
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) at rest, feeding on nectar. Part of the migration of 2009 photographed on Mt terminillo at 2000m. Apennine mountains, Italy, Europe.
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Stephen Dalton / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) on Buddleia flowers, UK
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Stephen Dalton / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) resting on Bugle flower (Ajuga sp) with wings closed, UK
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Simon Colmer / Painted lady butterfly larva (Vanessa cardui)parasitised by Braconid wasp or Tabanid fly larva. (Remnants of caterpillar skin have fallen off leaf) Sussex, UK
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Simon Colmer / Painted lady butterfly larva (Vanessa cardui) on Thistle (foodplant) England, UK
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Simon Colmer / Painted lady butterfly larva (Vanessa cardui) on Thistle food plant. England, UK
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Paul Hobson / Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa carduion) on knapweed, at rest with wings open, Derbyshire, England
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Russell Cooper / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) at rest with wings closed, South London, UK, September
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Russell Cooper / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) at rest with wings closed showing underwing pattern, South London, UK
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Russell Cooper / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) showing underwing pattern, South London, UK
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David Kjaer / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) on ground, Dorset, England, May
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David Kjaer / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) Wiltshire, England, July
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David Kjaer / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) on bramble, Dorset, England, April, July
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David Kjaer / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) on flower showing underwing, Wiltshire, England, April, July
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Dave Bevan / Painted lady (Vanessa cardui) feeding on buddleia flowers, Wales, UK
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Chris Gomersall / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) on Greater knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa) Norfolk, July, UK
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Andy Sands / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) at rest with wings open on knapweed, Captive, UK
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Stephen Dalton / Painted lady butterfly {Vanessa cardui} in flight, UK
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Gary K. Smith / Painted lady butterflies (Vanessa cardui) feeding on Hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum), Norfolk, England, July.
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Gary K. Smith / Painted lady (Vanessa cardui) feeding on Hemp Agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum), Norfolk, England, July.
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Gary K. Smith / Painted Lady butterflies {Vanessa / cynthia cardui} feeding on Hemp Agrimony {Eupatorium cannabinum} Norfolk, England, July
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Alex Hyde / Painted Lady butterfly {Vanessa cardui} feeding on Buddleia {Buddleja davidii}. Captive, September.
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Ross Hoddinott / Painted Lady butterfly {Vanessa cardui} resting on stone wall, Cornwall, UK. June
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Andy Sands / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui), spring migrant on Oxeye daisy / Marguerite (Leucanthemum vulgare), Hertfordshire, England, UK.
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Andy Sands / Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui), spring migrant on Oxeye daisy / Marguerite (Leucanthemum vulgare), Hertfordshire, England, UK.
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Peter Lewis / Painted Lady Butterfly {Cynthia / Vanessa cardui} resting on red flower, UK
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Nigel Bean / Painted Lady butterfly (Cynthia / Vanessa cardui) feeding on {Verbena bonariensis} flowers, UK, September
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John Cancalosi / Painted lady butterfly {Vanessa cardui} perching on Thistle blossom, UK
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WILLIAM OSBORN / Painted lady butterfly {Vanessa cardui} feeding on creeping thistle. Gloucester, UK.
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Hans Christoph Kappel / Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) on flower head, Germany
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Rolf Nussbaumer / Painted Lady butterfly {Cynthia / Vanessa cardui} adult on Lantana bush, Switzerland
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Tim Fitzharris / American Painted Lady (Cynthia virginiensis) butterfly feeding on Purple Aster (Aster foliaceus), North America
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Tim Fitzharris / American Painted Lady (Cynthia virginiensis) butterfly on Coneflower (Echinacea sp), New Mexico
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Tim Fitzharris / American Painted Lady (Cynthia virginiensis) butterfly feeding on Rocky Mountain Bee Plant (Cleome serrulata), North America
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PREMAPHOTOS / Painted lady butterfly (Cynthia / Vanessa cardui) feeding on Hardheads, UK
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PREMAPHOTOS / Painted lady butterfly (Cynthia / Vanessa cardui) showing its hairy eyes and long proboscis, UK
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PREMAPHOTOS / Painted lady butterfly pupae (Cynthia / Vanessa cardui) attached to cliff-face in desert, Israel
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Nigel Bean / Painted lady (Cynthia / Vanessa cardui) (right) and Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) butterflies on Buddleia (Buddleja davidii) Devon, UK 2005
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Nigel Bean / Painted lady (Cynthia / Vanessa cardui) (left) and Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) butterflies on Buddleia (Buddleja davidii) Devon, UK
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George McCarthy / Painted lady butterfly {Vanessa cardui} Hampshire, UK.
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Kim Taylor / Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) UK. Captive.
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Kim Taylor / Painted Lady Butterfly (Vanessa cardui) about to emerge from pupa, UK. Captive.
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Kim Taylor / Painted Lady Butterfly (Vanessa cardui) newly hatched imago, sequence 4/4
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Kim Taylor / Painted Lady Butterfly (Vanessa cardui) emerging from chrysalis, sequence 3/4
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Kim Taylor / Painted Lady Butterfly (Vanessa cardui) emerging from chrysalis, sequence 2/4
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Kim Taylor / Painted Lady Butterfly (Vanessa cardui) emerging from chrysalis, sequence 1/4
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Kim Taylor / Painted Lady Butterfly (Vanessa cardui) on Fleabane flower. DorseT, UK.
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Philippe Clement / Painted lady on thistle {Vanessa cardui} Belgium
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Niall Benvie / Painted Lady on migration. Crete, Greece April 1996
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George McCarthy / Painted lady butterfly {Vanessa cardui} South Downs, Hampshire, UK
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Philippe Clement / Painted lady feeding on thistle showing proboscis {Vanessa cardui} Belgium
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George McCarthy / Painted lady butterfly {Vanessa cardui} feeding on plant, South Downs, Hants, UK
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Philippe Clement / Painted lady caterpillar feeding on thistle {Vanessa cardui} Belgium
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Konrad Wothe / Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) butterfly feeding with proboscis
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Bengt Lundberg / Painted lady butterfly {Cynthia cardui} Sweden {Vanessa cardui}
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Hans Christoph Kappel / Painted Lady butterly in flight over sea (Cynthia cardui) Sea of Cortez
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Bengt Lundberg / Painted lady butterfly {Cynthia cardui} Sweden {Vanessa cardui}
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Duncan Mcewan / Painted Lady butterfly chrysalis (Cynthia cardui) Scotland
