American Lady

Vanessa virginiensis butterfly / moth

A regular migrant to the prairies, breeding on pussytoes.

29 documented plant relationships.

sips nectar at

Bastard ToadflaxComandra umbellatawildflower · May–JuneBearberryArctostaphylos uva-ursigroundcover · May–JuneBoreal YarrowAchillea borealiswildflower · June-AugustDewberryRubus pubescensgroundcover · JuneField PussytoesAntennaria neglectagroundcover · May-JuneFlat-topped GoldenrodEuthamia graminifoliawildflower · August-SeptemberFlat-topped White AsterDoellingeria umbellatawildflower · August–SeptemberGiant HyssopAgastache foeniculumwildflower · July–SeptemberJoe-Pye WeedEutrochium maculatumwildflower · July–SeptemberLindley's AsterSymphyotrichum ciliolatumwildflower · August–SeptemberMarsh MarigoldCaltha palustriswildflower · May–JuneMeadowsweetSpiraea albashrub · July–AugustPearly EverlastingAnaphalis margaritaceawildflower · July–SeptemberPhiladelphia FleabaneErigeron philadelphicuswildflower · May–JulyPurple-stemmed Tall Aster (Swamp Aster)Symphyotrichum puniceumwildflower · August–SeptemberRabbitbrushEricameria nauseosashrub · August-OctoberSelf-healPrunella vulgariswildflower · June–AugustShowy MilkweedAsclepias speciosawildflower · June–AugustSmooth AsterSymphyotrichum laevewildflower · August–OctoberSmooth Fleabane (Streamside Fleabane)Erigeron glabelluswildflower · June–AugustSneezeweedHelenium autumnalewildflower · August-OctoberSpreading DogbaneApocynum androsaemifoliumwildflower · June–AugustTall CinquefoilDrymocallis argutawildflower · June–AugustWild BergamotMonarda fistulosawildflower · July–AugustWild ChivesAllium schoenoprasumwildflower · June–JulyWild StrawberryFragaria virginianagroundcover · May–JuneWillow AsterSymphyotrichum lanceolatumwildflower · Aug-OctWoodland StrawberryFragaria vescagroundcover · May–June

lays eggs on

Pearly EverlastingAnaphalis margaritaceawildflower · July–September