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Photography => Nature => Topic started by: Shortsighted on May 06, 2019, 07:03:53 PM

Title: Painted Lady
Post by: Shortsighted on May 06, 2019, 07:03:53 PM

Saw Red Admiral, Mourning Cloak and Painted Lady but only
photographed the  hussy.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-Qwppgtp/0/5ebe65e8/L/i-Qwppgtp-L.jpg) (https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-358cgw/i-Qwppgtp/A)

Title: Re: Painted Lady
Post by: Ed O'Connor on May 09, 2019, 10:09:32 AM

Hey Shortsighted:
You may actually have an American Lady here rather than a Painted. They're very similar, but on the forewing above, the American has a tiny white dot in one of the orange patches that isn't there on the Painted. You can see this dot in your photo. There are a couple of other field marks that also argue on behalf of the American--you could check out the differences in one of the Field Guides like Ken Kaufman's or the one available from the Royal Ontario Museum, both of which are excellent. Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Ed

Title: Re: Painted Lady
Post by: Shortsighted on May 09, 2019, 03:34:36 PM

I stand corrected, again. As always, one only sees what one knows. By all rights
I should  then be blind. Thanks for the heads-up. These butterflies should come
with labels for the benefit of dummies. I guess the "dot" IS a label, just one I
couldn't read. That's the beauty of this forum. The block chain of enlightened
amateur naturalists leads the less informed out of the field of ignorance.