What is a painted lady?
Painted lady is a type of butterfly that usually occurs around the world, inhabits tropical climate all year round and sometimes migrate north during the warmer season. These butterflies usually do not have a regular migration formula, but usually migrate only if the conditions are correct. The painted lady can usually be found anywhere with his host plants, usually on meadows, along roads and in domestic gardens. They normally undergo four stages of development in their life cycle and have a total average life of about seven weeks. While the painted lady does not have a regular migration formula like some types of butterflies, it was known to migrate intermittently and in impressive numbers. These butterflies can migrate north if the population in their native region grows too large to support the local ecosystem. They almost always migrate north and the extent of their migration may depend on the weather conditions in the climate further north. These butterflies usually benefit only in warmer climate and sometimes migraThe butterflies will not survive the colder period after migration to the area further north.
The life cycle of the painted lady butterfly can take several weeks. These butterflies usually put eggs on a second on the leaves of the host plants and the eggs usually hatch in three to five days. Painted lady caterpillars feed on host plants for 12 to 18 days before entering the Pupal phase. Pupa usually stays in its cocoon for about ten days before an adult butterfly appears to enjoy an average life of about two weeks.
Wings of adult painted ladies are usually nasty brown, orange, black and white. The underside of the wings can usually be brown or gray. The wing span can reach a width of 1.9 to 2.4 inches (5 to 6 cm).
These butterflies usually feed on a series of plants. Host plants for painted Lady Caterpillar can include Hollyhock, Thistle and Mallow. Adult butterflies usually feed on nectarem thistles, burning stars, aster, cosmos, joe-thee weed and ironweed. They seem to prefer nectar over the flowers of the Asteraceae family.