Painted Lady, <em>Vanessa cardui</em> Los Padres National Forest, Monterey Co., CA  3/28/10 This individual and the closely related West Coast Lady shown in the prior picture were the only two people flying about late in the day early in a cold spring.  Yet the two of them were vying over the same 20 meters of hilltop fireroad, chasing each other back and forth for hours.
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