The Yanks are here

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If that photo is of an american painted lady then it looks so similar to the normal version we get here then it could easily have been missed?

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Having looked at Wikipedia, that photograph appears to be of the subcosmopolitan (and found in the US) Vanessa cardui, rather than the eastern American Vanessa virginiensis.

Cynthia (butterfly) - Wikipedia

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Generally speaking photo library pictures are not the most accurately labelled on the natural history front, wonder if they have ever been checked, perhaps a job for the AI or on the other hand…

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I have sometimes wondered whether the Alamy Stock photos that frequently appear in an Image Seach on the web are accurately labelled. In fact I think I may look Alamy up on Wikipedia as I don’t know who they are…

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Not particularly convinced it’s from the US. Took me back to my project: :recycle:ex iFocus: Painted Lady

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Oh dear: to quote Tom Robinson (1978*) -
‘It’s there in the paper, it must be the truth’

(*The musician, not the a.k.a. Mr Yaxley-Lennon)

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Lord Vetinari said “It must be true, Drumknott,” said the Patrician. “It’s in the paper.”