Mrs. Jha,
It is,indeed,a Painted Lady (*Vanessa cardui) .*
* That's a very interesting observation you've noted.Perhaps it
was attracted to the onion flower because of the essential alkaloids*
present therein. Glad to see someone observe and note such
minute,but rather interesting and important details.
Warm regards,
Javed Jameer Ahmed.
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On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Sushmita Jha <[email protected]>wrote:
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> Dear all,
>
> I captured this in my terrace garden some two weeks ago, sitting on an
> onion flower. It kept coming back to it, even though there were other
> flowers. Would appreciate ID confirmation.
>
> Thank you.
> Sushmita Jha
> South Delhi
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Enjoy
