European Painted Lady Butterfly

Vanessa cardui

Caterpillar hosts: More than 100 host plants have been recorded by scientists. Their favorites include thistles (Asteraceae), hollyhock and mallow (Malvaceae), and various legumes (Fabaceae).
Adult food: The painted lady prefers nectar from plants 3-6 feet high, especially thistles; also aster, cosmos, blazing star, ironweed, and joe-pye weed. Flowers from other families that are visited include red clover, buttonbush, privet, and milkweeds.
Habitat: These butterflies live almost everywhere, especially in open or disturbed areas including gardens, old fields, dunes.

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