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Painted Lady on a black-eyed susan.
The Painted Lady is found on every continent except Australia and Antarctica. It's sometimes called the cosmopolitan butterfly, because of its global distribution. In the US they are migratory butterflies, coming from the South in the Spring. During their migration they can travel up to 100 miles per day. A painted lady is capable of reaching a speed of nearly 30 miles per hour. Painted ladies reach northern areas well ahead of some of their more famous migrating cousins, like the monarch butterflies.
The little white dots at the end of their antennae are sensors for smelling, hooks on the end of each leg are their taste organs (they taste with their feet). Like most butterflies, they do not have a good sense of sight.
Thistle is one of the painted lady caterpillar's favorite food plants; its scientific name � Vanessa cardui � means "butterfly of thistle.�
Unlike other caterpillars in the genus Vanessa, painted lady larvae w...

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