Noted a blog posting from
Northwest Butterflies alerting folks as to Painted Lady butterfly (
Vanessa cardui) migrating into Washington. Sure enough found a couple by accident at Blue Mountain (Missoula, MT) nectaring on Heartleaf Arnica (
Arnica cordifolia). Also using this 50 yard linear patch of flowers were Green Comma (
Polygonia faunus) and Western Pine Elfin (
Callophrys eryphon). Earlier, a Sulphur blew by me without stopping along with another species of Elfin. And yes the wildflower show is kicking in...really enjoying the stands of color from Shooting Stars and Glacier Lilies :-)
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| Painted Lady |
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| Green Comma |
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| Western Pine Elfin |
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| Shooting Stars |
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| Glacier Lily |
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