[Butterflies of Mount Adams Country]

Painted Lady, Cosmopolite, Cosmopolitan Butterfly, Thistle Butterfly, Painted Beauty, Cynthia of the Thistle

Vanessa cardui

Painted Lady, Cosmopolite, Cosmopolitan Butterfly, Thistle Butterfly, Painted Beauty, Cynthia of the Thistle: Vanessa cardui

The photo above shows a close-up of a painted lady as seen along the Muddy Meadows Trail #13 to the east of its intersection with the Pacific Crest Trail #2000 on the northern slopes of Mt. Adams........July 22, 2005.

Paul Slichter