Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: whatsit?, 1 by TexasPuddyPrint

TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
This is an American Lady. I'm always confusing myself with the American Lady and Painted Lady. I was lucky enough to find numerous American Lady caterpillars in cudweed earlier this year and raised them...so was able to get some photographs when I released them :o)

As for the American Lady...a quick way to tell them apart if you barely get a glimpse of one is to look for a white dot on the orange spot if viewing the topside. Also identifiable by the two large eyes spots if viewing the underside of the hindwings. Topside of the hindwings will show a row of smaller spots along the back margin.

These are truly gorgeous colorful butterflies. Always a welcome addition to any yard :o)

~ Cat

This message was edited Jul 11, 2007 12:04 AM