Vanessa and the white dot

[mbpi at juno.com]

I have seen several fresh individuals of V. viginiensis in the field that
did not possess the white dot, and mentioned this fact to Jeff Glassberg
at a NYC Butterfly club meeting some years ago.  Other folks have also
observed individuals of this species, lacking the white dot.

Mary Beth Prondzinski
Evanston USA

On Mon, 19 Nov 2001 11:30:44 -0500 Will Cook <cwcook at duke.edu> writes:
> Several field guides (e.g., Glassberg) and other sources (e.g., 
> http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/bflyusa.htm)
> mention that one way to tell American Lady (Vanessa virginiensis) 
> from
> Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) is the presence of a small white spot 
> in
> the orange field below the black apical patch in American Lady.  
> 
> However, on 11/11/01 I found a Painted Lady with a white dot - this 
> is
> apparently not reliable field mark.  I just posted a photo of this
> Painted Lady at http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook/pix/paintedlady.html 
> (second
> photo).
> 
> -- 
> Charles W. "Will" Cook                  w 919-660-7423
> http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook            cwcook at duke.edu
> Box 90340, Biology Dept., Duke Univ., Durham, NC 27708
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