#Vanessa Cardui
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mindblowingscience 5 months ago
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Some butterflies may be able to journey across entire oceans with the help of the wind. A world-first study has now shown that the painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) can cross the world's second-largest ocean, the Atlantic, covering 4,200 kilometers (2,610 miles) in as few as five to eight days. The trip, researchers claim, "is among the longest documented for individual insects, and potentially the first verified transatlantic crossing." The incredible discovery was made after more than a decade of mystery.
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faguscarolinensis 16 days ago
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Vanessa cardui on Aster ageratoides / Painted Lady on Balsam Aster at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC
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wildlifegermany 3 months ago
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arthropodopolis 3 months ago
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oh to be a plant nursery cat with a butterfly friend 馃挌 Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui
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snototter 1 year ago
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A painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) in Washington, USA
by Nick Dean
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neumoegen 1 year ago
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crudlynaturephotos 2 years ago
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asublimehimbo 1 year ago
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look at this gorgeous girl!
painted lady or vanessa cardui. take august 7th 2023, illinois usa
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threskiorni 1 year ago
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Vanessa Cardui on Buddleja 馃
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atla-what-is-this-site 3 days ago
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say hello to aris (short for aristotle). Aris' wings are fucked. (They hardened from the cold). He is a butterwalk. I love him anyway.
He can't fly. That's okay.
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pawpichi 24 days ago
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haikuckuck 2 months ago
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Distelfalter an Sommerflieder
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longtailedfieldmouse 5 months ago
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wildlifegermany 1 year ago
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dailycreatures 1 year ago
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Creature 78
Vanessa cardui
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Vanessa cardui, the painted lady butterfly, can be found everywhere except Antarctica and South America. It migrates from Africa to Europe in the spring, and occasionally in the fall as well. These butterflies don鈥檛 have red receptors in their eyes meaning they are not sensitive to red light.
fact source: wikipedia
image source: thoughtco
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rabbitcruiser 1 year ago
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What do you think about my pic? 聽 聽
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