Painted Lady - Vanessa cardui - on the rabbitbrush along Van Dusen Road, Big Bear, September 6, 2007. This late in the year the black spots on the hindwing tend to be closed, while in the spring form blue is visible in the center.

Painted Ladies are the most widespread butterfly on earth. September 22, 2005.

Nectaring Painted Lady in my garden. September 17, 2005.

Painted Lady caterpillars were easy to find on Fiddleneck on a hike in the Ord Mountains near Hersperia, April 23, 2008.

Another Vanessa cardui larva at the Ords.