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Jul 25, 2014 7:28 PM CST

Name: Catmint/Robin
PNW WA half hour south of Olym (Zone 8a)

It turns out that what I had in my yard today was not a Painted Lady but an American Lady! A friend alerted me. Then, I found this nifty page for comparing the 2:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/...

Then looked more closely at my Lady:

Clear as a bell there you can see the little white dot and the eyespots distinguishing American from Painted Lady! Very cool to learn about this today.

"One of the pleasures of being a gardener comes from the enjoyment you get looking at other people's yards”
― Thalassa Cruso

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