Painted Lady and Friend

[eyeguy 54]

  Any idea what this is with the painted lady?  Only saw this one at Munsinger.  Really a beauty. 

[eyeguy 54]

anybody know what it is?

[RebelSS]

Might find it in here......

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/exhibits/butterfly-rainforest/id-guide/orange/

 

[Crow Hunter]

Great find! I did a little research and did not find an I.D.  Hopefully someone will know what it is.

[ANYFISH2]

Red admiral i believe.

[eyeguy 54]

On ‎9‎/‎20‎/‎2017 at 12:30 PM, ANYFISH2 said:

Red admiral i believe.

not a red admiral. I have a few pics of them. 

got a report back and did a new thread. 

[Tom Sawyer]

On 9/19/2017 at 10:12 PM, eyeguy 54 said:

anybody know what it is?

Another Painted Lady

[eyeguy 54]

This is a fairly rare aberration of Vanessa cardui caused by cool temperature during chrysalis development.  I put the info in another thread. 

[Tom Sawyer]

On 10/28/2017 at 1:20 PM, eyeguy 54 said:

This is a fairly rare aberration of Vanessa cardui caused by cool temperature during chrysalis development.  I put the info in another thread. 

Awesome! a new naturalist in the making; impressed with your research eyeguy64. Actually "aberrations" can occur do to several reasons, but very likely this was environmental. Yep, caused by a sudden change in temp. but since there are changes in wing pattern coloration and not much darkening overall..... It was an increase in temp, rather then a decrease, that caused this change from normal. Dark variations always occur when there is an extreme drop in temp. during metamorphosis. Hey buddy, your never to old to learn. GOOD JOB!

Here's another form of "aberration", with Monarch spots I thought you'd find interesting....  

Edited October 29, 2017 by Tom Sawyer

[eyeguy 54]

I got the info from a pro on a butterfly site. You will have to take up the hot cold with him.  I just take pics.