Vanessa cardui

Painted Lady Butterfly And Rocky Mountain Bee Plants

By Mia McPherson|June 10th, 2020|Categories: Antelope Island State Park, Davis County, Painted Lady Butterflies, Utah, Wildflowers|Tags: butterflies, butterfly, Cleomella serrulata, Cosmopolitan, nectaring, Painted Lady, Painted Lady Butterfly, pink wildflowers, pollinating, Rocky Mountain Bee Plant, Thistle Butterflies, Vanessa cardui, wildflowers|

I'd forgotten about this Painted Lady butterfly I photographed in August of 2017 that I found while photographing hummingbirds on Antelope Island State Park.

Painted Lady And Mourning Cloak Butterflies On Fragrant Sumac

By Mia McPherson|May 9th, 2019|Categories: Box Elder County, Mourning Cloak Butterflies, Painted Lady Butterflies, Utah, Wildlife|Tags: adult, Aromatic Sumac, butterflies, butterfly, Fragrant Sumac, Lemon Sumac, migratory, Mourning Cloak, Mourning Cloak Butterfly, Nymphalis antiopa, Painted Lady, Painted Lady Butterfly, Polecat Bush, Rhus aromatica, Vanessa cardui|

This Mourning Cloak butterfly I photographed five days ago not far from where I photographed the Painted Lady was also nectaring on Fragrant Sumac and it too looked a bit worn because they are a migratory butterfly species as well.