Quick Painted Lady Butterfly Facts

• Their wing span ranges from 5 to 9 cm

• The are seen from from May to October every year 

• They live in every continent around the world except Antarctica

• The Painted Lady butterfly is also referred to and know as the Thistle butterfly

• Before the butterfly emerges, the chrysalis turns clearer and you can see the wings through the chrysalis

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• The caterpillar eats continuously for up to ten days and can grow to as large as 3 cm

• ​​Caterpillars will eat thistle, sunflower, okra, and other plants in the Asteraceae family