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