Painted Lady
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- The Vanessa Cardui painted lady butterfly only has a life span of about a year. But when a natural disaster hits their population can dramatically decrease. Over the past decades, there's been steep decrease in butterflies due to an increase where fall temperatures have risen. The warmer weather may be negatively effecting disrupt the butterflies breeding cycle.
- Even in open areas, there's been a decrease in population.
- However, when natural selection comes into play that's a different story. Say there are two different kinds of butterflies in one area. One could be a orange-ish painted lady butterfly and the other could be red-spotted purple.
- During fall which would be likely to survive? It'd probably be the painted lady one because of their color. They can easily blend in with the color of the leaves and trees. But what happens when winter comes?
- In the winter, it's a lot harder for butterflies to get their food sources. Usually, they'll hibernate in logs or beneath loose bark on trees. It's unlikely that butterflies survive in the snow but for the painted lady butterfly it's different. They're on every continent on the planet but are only not in two places. Those two places are Antarctica and Australia.The Vanessa cardui is extremely adaptable.
- They're typically found in areas such as above in the picture. The great thing about the painted lady butterfly is they can use camouflage to hide from predators. Painted ladies in warm temperatures continue to breed until they get to the colder climates. Breeding can be fairly low in the winter. In wide-open areas there are meadows, fields, and vegetation for them to eat. The painted lady has also adapted to eating diverse plant species making it better for them to migrate anywhere and everywhere.
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