Hi everyone......... haven't been around very much lately ........ have been VERY BUSY at work and have not even spent much time in the yard lately ......... was able to spend all day today outside ......... saw at least two new butterflies in my yard today and would really appreciate some help ID'ing them.........
thanks in advance ......... you guys and gals are awesome!
first one .......
and then here is the other one .............
another view of the second one .........
Lovely Crimson Patch
http://www.dallasbutterflies.com/Butterflies/html/janais.html
and an American Lady
http://www.dallasbutterflies.com/Butterflies/html/virginiensis.html
Great pics James!!
debnes
Your third photo is a Red Admiral...a totally different butterfly than the second one (American Lady).
Glad to see that Crimson Patch. We had a mass emergence of them this season. Used to be we'd be lucky if we counted five all year long...now they are everywhere.
~ Cat
ps...this is what the topside of the American Lady looks like.
~ Cat
Wow! they are all so gorgeous.
LOL I missed the last one...we cross posted I guess.
Red Admiral is a Vanessa cardui, same family as the Am Lady, but surely 2 different bflies.
oh thanks so much you two :o) ,,,,,,,,,, and now as i look back at the pics from yesterday I can see the difference ..........I hope that they are both back today .......... I would love to get more pics of the american lady ........... she must have not hung around for very long, as where the red admiral hung around that feeder for an hour or so !!
Hey you guys Those are awsome Pics
Put them in the photo contest.
I was about to start a thread asking for the ID on a butterfly in my garden today when I found this thread. I think my butterfly is an American Lady, too. Am I correct?
Here is a close-up of the underside of the wing
Hi marsue~
Great shots... Yours is the Painted Lady, same family as AL, a different butterfly, and different host plants.
Here is a link for the risk of being redundant, lol
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=4113268
debnes
Thanks for the info, debnes. Some of these butterflies look so much alike that it is hard for a newbie like me to tell the differnce! I enjoyed reading the info at the hyperlink you posted.
Don't forget about the West Coast Lady (vanessa annabella). They are quite similar too...but alas, I have never seen one this far south.
Does anyone get those in their yards? Bet it would be a hoot to compare all three!!!
~ Cat
We'd be hard pressed to see annabella this far east, but it sure would be a hoot Cat, lol!
There are 4 Vanessas here in NA, Red Admiral is the fourth. (Vanessa
They have Vanessas in Australia too.. Just like yours marsue. Painted Lady, (Vanessa cardui).
There are 7 different butterflies listed in BugFiles with the genus "Vanessa".
http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/adv_search.php?searcher%5Bcommon%5D=&searcher%5Bbugorder%5D=&searcher%5Bfamily%5D=&searcher%5Bgenus%5D=Vanessa&searcher%5Bspecies%5D=&Search=Search
We get 4 of them in N.America I am sure of: AL, PL, WCL, and Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta).
debnes
