This year there were many Painted ladies (Vanessa cardui) in the Netherlands, as well as in the garden.
This specimen, judging by it’s worn surface clearly a migrant, was drinking on Broad-leaved sweet pea (Lathyrus latifolius).


Vanessa cardui (Painted lady)
Lathyrus latifolius (Broad-leaved sweet pea)This year there were many Painted ladies (Vanessa cardui) in the Netherlands, as well as in the garden.
This specimen, judging by it’s worn surface clearly a migrant, was drinking on Broad-leaved sweet pea (Lathyrus latifolius).