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Sipping nectar, a colorful painted lady butterfly enjoys the yellow flowers of the alpine goldenrod on the side of Mount Evans, Colorado near 10,000 feet in elevation.

butterflies and bugs on yellow wildflowers in spring

A closeup of a painted lady butterfly on wildflowers in a field with a blurry background

Painted lady butterfly perching on a pink flowering plant.

American Lady Butterfly On White Flowers

Painted Lady Butterfly (vanessa annabella) feeding on some yellow flowers

A vibrant Mormon fritillary butterfly rests atop yellow flowers, feeding on nectar, with its orange wings contrasting beautifully against the greens and yellows of the Colorado Rocky Mountain landscape.

Close-up of Painted Lady Butterfly on Rabbit Brush in Fall

$Vanessa cardui is a very common migrant that arrives from Africa every summer. Numbers fluctuate annually, depending on the reproduction in Africa.\nThe species is most likely to be seen in open areas were the vegetation has a mosaic structure, such as waste land, fallow ground and pasture land.\nit uses various species of Carduus, Arctium and Cirsium both as larval food plant and as a source of nectar.\n\nThis is a common Migration Butterfly in the Netherlands.$