Painted Lady
The Painted Lady is a real migratory butterfly, travelling around 2000 (!) kilometers in its life.
This energetic butterfly lives year-round in the North & Central African deserts and mountains.
In may and june, lots of them migrates from Africa to Western and Northern Europe (the same happens from the deserts of Mexico to the USA and Canada).
Beginning in August some specimen of this butterfly migrate south again, back to the desert wintering grounds, but most specimen however die here in the autumn as is also the case with its offspring.
Dutch name : Distelvlinder
German name : Distelfalter
Latin name : Vanessa cardui
Christa Regina 16/08/2009 17:07
Beide Ansichten sind wunderbar. Ein Prachtexemplar ist diese kleine Lady. LG ChristaGaby Falkenberg 16/06/2009 17:14
So schön im Licht ,kommt der kleine Falter hervorragend zur Geltung.LG.Gaby
Natalja Dralova 15/06/2009 10:50
Excellent shot!Inez Correia Marques 15/06/2009 0:00
PRETTY LADY!!B
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Adele D. Oliver 14/06/2009 22:38
Amazing how some butterflies and some birds migrate so many kilometers .... often just to start a new generation! Thank you for telling us about the Painted Lady... Your photo is superb as always .... excellent details and natural colours!greetings, Adele
Gisèle W. 14/06/2009 22:12
Super Makro, Mark. Echt geweldig !!Groetjes, gisèle
A. Lötscher -Bergjäger- 14/06/2009 19:10
Fantastisch!!Ein wunderschönes Makro!
LG Bergjäger
j.a.j.jansen m. 14/06/2009 19:07
A great capture, really wonderful.Regards, Jan.
Vitória Castelo Santos 14/06/2009 17:05
This one is a great wonderful picturegreetings
Vitoria
Josef Kainz 14/06/2009 16:57
Eine sehr schöne Aufnahme gefällt mirlg. josef
adriano j faria 14/06/2009 16:28
Another great buterfly macro,full of detail and sharpness!!well done Mark.
Adriano.
Pe-Sto 14/06/2009 15:33
... manoman ... wie machst du das bloß ... ein fantastisches Foto, Mark ... da stimmt mal wieder einfach alles!!lg Peggy
Ryszard Basta 14/06/2009 13:17
topMark Billiau. 14/06/2009 11:41
@Andrea :Damaged wings are not really a great problem for a butterfly. He/She can fly rather well with damaged wings, only a bit slower.
In the case of the Painted Lady, the damage was most likely caused by the long fly distance. Other causes are usually heavy rain, hail or an attack from a bird beak.
Ayse Nalan Yasin 14/06/2009 11:19
Interesting story about this butterfly. Great macro.Greetings
Ayse