Painted
A painted lady butterfly, the one butterfly species that has been abundant here this fall (not counting all the little skippers).
The painted lady (Vanessa cardui) is the most widespread of all butterflies in the world. It is found throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, and Central America. In most years, the painted lady moves north out of the deserts of northern Mexico and the southwestern U.S. to temporarily colonize the United States and Canada south of the Arctic. Periodically, enormous migrations from these deserts inundate areas of the country, so it can be locally very abundant at times.
Source and more info: hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/painted-lady-butterfly-v...
Painted
A painted lady butterfly, the one butterfly species that has been abundant here this fall (not counting all the little skippers).
The painted lady (Vanessa cardui) is the most widespread of all butterflies in the world. It is found throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, and Central America. In most years, the painted lady moves north out of the deserts of northern Mexico and the southwestern U.S. to temporarily colonize the United States and Canada south of the Arctic. Periodically, enormous migrations from these deserts inundate areas of the country, so it can be locally very abundant at times.
Source and more info: hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/painted-lady-butterfly-v...