Painted Lady
by Marcia Breznay
Title
Painted Lady
Artist
Marcia Breznay
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
This is a Painted Lady Butterfly. Until today, I had never seen this species before. The wings are like a mosaic of stained glass. The under wing is dull compared to the colorful outer wing, but the all over effect is quite beautiful and she is appropriately named.
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Vanessa cardui is a widespread butterfly in temperate and some tropical areas. It also known as the thistle butterfly and the cosmopolitan. The Painted Lady has a 2 - 2 7/8 inches (5.1 - 7.3 cm) wingspan. Adults sip thistle nectar and some hibernate. The life cycle begins with tiny, pale green eggs. The yellow-striped, brown-green spiny caterpillar builds a silky, webbed nest, usually in thistle.
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This image was taken with a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi
f7 1/500 sec ISO 400 250mm
Many thanks to the following groups for the feature of this image:
3 A Day Waiting Room ART; PhotosRUS; Light From Art; Excellent Self Taught Artists; Self Taught Artists Super Feature; Beauty Captured.
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October 1st, 2013
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Marcia Breznay
Many thanks to Joe of Excellent Self-Taught Artists for the feature. Much appreciated.
Marcia Breznay
Many thanks to Anastasia of PhotosRUs group for the feature. I greatly appreciate your support.