Hi Bard, I tried to determine which species mine were. They had strings of 4 - 5 equal-sized submarginal black spots with blue centers both topside and underside of the hindwings, so I called them painted ladies (Vanessa cardui) rather than American ladies (Vanessa virginiensis).
I was struck by how small the individuals in this fall generation are. Earlier in the summer I had some _big_ painted ladies, nearly the size of Great Spangled Fritillary. -Geo > On Sep 24, 2017, at 4:01 PM, Bard Prentiss <bvanwoer...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I could not get close enough to determine which species they were > Painted or American > > Best > Bard -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --