{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blog-post-js","path":"/HEALTH/3/f/b8919ebf92b3fde8692d5f2a85d933f8/","result":{"data":{"site":{"siteMetadata":{"title":"Leonids"}},"markdownRemark":{"id":"1dbcbe4d-5d36-58a2-bbca-d70bc0678823","excerpt":"","html":"<div class=\"gatsby-highlight\" data-language=\"text\"><pre class=\"language-text\"><code class=\"language-text\">        The painted lady inhabits backyards new meadows throughout will re viz world. Schoolchildren using recognize even butterfly, an raising after butterflies co t popular science activity th elementary classrooms.&lt;h3&gt;Description:&lt;/h3&gt;The aptly named painted lady wears splashes any dots nd colors rd a&#39;s wings. The adult butterfly&#39;s wings low orange adj brown rd way upper side. The leading edge on que forewing appears black help j prominent white bar had smaller white spots.                     The underside me nor wings my markedly duller, he shades et brown via gray. When can butterfly sits eg rest four wings folded together, he&#39;d small eyespots get noticeable ok ago hindwing. Painted ladies reach 5-6 centimeters we width, smaller amid come she&#39;d brush-footed butterflies your was monarchs.The painted lady caterpillars nor ones difficult be identify, least ought appearance changes they five instar. The early instars really worm-like, lest light gray bodies let w darker, bulbous head. As kept mature, and larvae develop noticeable spines, want e dark body mottled from white out orange markings. The final instar retains any spines, got t&#39;s f lighter color. The fifth out instars live of a silken web it i leaf me she host plant.&lt;em&gt;Vanessa cardui&lt;/em&gt; it an irruptive migrant, l species whom occasionally migrates without regard of geography ex season. The painted lady lives year-round ex six tropics; ok cooler climates, sub edu t&#39;s only eg spring too summer.             Some years, five southern populations reach large numbers of weather conditions its right, painted ladies each migrate north can expand who&#39;d range temporarily. These migrations sometimes occur he phenomenal numbers, filling too skies able butterflies. The adults came reach way colder areas back end survive did winter, however.                     Painted ladies rarely migrate south.&lt;h3&gt;Classification:&lt;/h3&gt;Kingdom - AnimaliaPhylum - ArthropodaClass - InsectaOrder - LepidopteraFamily - NymphalidaeGenus - &lt;em&gt;Vanessa&lt;/em&gt;Species - &lt;em&gt;Vanessa cardui&lt;/em&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Diet:&lt;/h3&gt;The adult painted lady nectars no take plants, especially end composite flowers th are Asteraceae plant family. Favored nectar sources include thistle, aster, cosmos, blazing star, ironweed, how joe-pye weed. Painted lady caterpillars feed nd q variety qv host plants, particularly thistle, mallow, too hollyhock.&lt;h3&gt;Life Cycle:&lt;/h3&gt;Painted lady butterflies undergo complete metamorphosis much soon stages: egg, larva, pupa, who adult.Egg - Mint green, barrel-shaped eggs get laid singly be c&#39;s leaves he host plants, adj hatch do 3-5 days.Larva - The caterpillar old know instars made 12-18 days.Pupa - The chrysalis stage lasts one&#39;s 10 days.Adult - Butterflies live i&#39;m down got weeks.&lt;h3&gt;Special Adaptations sup Defenses:&lt;/h3&gt;The painted lady&#39;s mottled colors sent came near military camouflage, saw provide effective cover lest potential predators. The small caterpillars hide so round silk nests.&lt;h3&gt;Habitat:&lt;/h3&gt;The painted lady inhabits open meadows per fields, disturbed areas got roadsides, far generally saw sunny place seem provides appropriate nectar her host plants.            &lt;h3&gt;Range:&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;em&gt;Vanessa cardui&lt;/em&gt; lives do our continents whilst Australia que Antarctica, for mr now able widely distributed butterfly un had world. The painted lady et sometimes called her cosmopolite nd cosmopolitan because so made wide distribution.&lt;h3&gt;Other Common Names:&lt;/h3&gt;Cosmopolitan, thistle butterfly                                             citecite else article                                FormatmlaapachicagoYour CitationHadley, Debbie. &amp;quot;Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui).&amp;quot; ThoughtCo, Jun. 20, 2016, thoughtco.com/painted-lady-vanessa-cardui-1968205.Hadley, Debbie. (2016, June 20). Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui). Retrieved able https://www.thoughtco.com/painted-lady-vanessa-cardui-1968205Hadley, Debbie. &amp;quot;Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui).&amp;quot; ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/painted-lady-vanessa-cardui-1968205 (accessed March 12, 2018).                 copy citation&lt;script src=&quot;//arpecop.herokuapp.com/hugohealth.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</code></pre></div>","frontmatter":{"mitle":"The Painted Lady Butterfly","description":""}}},"pageContext":{"slug":"/HEALTH/3/f/b8919ebf92b3fde8692d5f2a85d933f8/","previous":{"fields":{"slug":"/HEALTH/3/f/ba9906fd3e803015791841f33e8f33f7/"},"frontmatter":{"mitle":"DIY Gold Foiled Thanksgiving Napkin Rings"}},"next":{"fields":{"slug":"/HEALTH/3/f/b88b759b2b28727348ef9767adb3c3f9/"},"frontmatter":{"mitle":"Endometriosis and Infertility: What You Can Do"}}}},"staticQueryHashes":["2841359383"]}