Tag: pollinators

Painted Lady feeding on a nodding thistle on the farm. The Walsingham Farm, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa (2024). Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
Insects · Moths & Butterflies · South Africa · Terrestrial

Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)

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Painted Lady feeding on a nodding thistle on the farm. The Walsingham Farm, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa (2024). Formerly known as Acraea acara subsp. acara but revised by Williams & Henning (2023). Male and female. Upperside. Ground-colour reddish-ochreous, basal areas olivescent-ochreous-brown. Cilia black, alternated with white. Forewing with an outwardly-oblique black irregular-shaped broken… Continue reading Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)

Male Warrior Acraea emerging from its caterpillar, on a potted plant in the front garden. Grahamstown, Eastern Cape (2018). Warrior Acraea (Tildia acara)
Insects · Moths & Butterflies · South Africa · Terrestrial

Warrior Acraea (Tildia acara)

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Male Warrior Acraea emerging from its chrysalis, on a potted plant in the front garden. Grahamstown, Eastern Cape (2018). Formerly known as Acraea acara subsp. acara but revised by Williams & Henning (2023). Upperside rufous, the base of both wings dark brown. Anterior wing with a spot in the cell, a transverse band of three… Continue reading Warrior Acraea (Tildia acara)