The Painted Lady #1
by Robert Bales
Title
The Painted Lady #1
Artist
Robert Bales
Medium
Photograph - Photo
Description
I found this Painted Lady flying around our Landtena bush the other day and I followed it for several minutes trying to get a nice photos. These are very common in this area and they well migrate to the North every Spring though the Southwest.
In general, the Painted Lady is a large butterfly (wing span 59 cm (2.03.5 in)) identified by the black and white corners of its mainly deep orange, black-spotted wings. It has 5 white spots in the black forewing tips and while the orange areas may be pale here and there, there are no clean white dots in them. The hindwings carry 4 small submarginal eyespots on dorsal and ventral sides. Those on the dorsal side are black, but in the summer morph sometimes small blue pupils are present in some.
The Painted Lady may be the most widespread butterfly in the world. It also known as the thistle butterfly and the cosmopolitan (because it is so widespread, occurring in North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa). This flying insect lives in temperate and some tropical areas.
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November 12th, 2015
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Comments (9)
Anita Faye
Robert, excellent Painted Lady capture! Featured on Groovy Butterflies and in "Tiny Wonders" discussion! http://fineartamerica.com/groups/groovy-butterflies.html
John Bartelt
Great capture, Robert! Very nice colors and detail! l/f +tweet
Robert Bales replied:
Thanks so much John for the nice comment on the color and detail along with the LFTw!!
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Joan Kaplan
You captured a terrific shot, Robert. Funny to think that she's probably sure she's safely camouflaged. Fav!