The flashes of orange, white and black looked a bit like leaves scattering in the wind. Then Kent Yamaguchi took a closer look. “It was just an inordinate amount of painted lady butterflies,” said ...

The Lorain Public Library System Columbia Branch, 13824 W. River Road North in Columbia Station, is hosting a Painted Lady Butterfly program to release painted lady butterflies back into nature. The ...

Painted lady butterflies (Vanessa cardui) are migrating into Colorado and large numbers of them have been spotted up and down the Front Range. Gardeners, are you plagued by prickly invaders and ...

SPOKANE — A Washington State University butterfly expert described painted ladies as a "cosmopolitan" butterfly because they can be found on every continent aside from Antarctica. The ladies are ...

Butterflies look so delicate as they flitter from flower to flower. And yet, they are capable of migrating incredibly long distances. The monarch, for example, migrates between Canada and Mexico, ...

Painted lady butterflies have been fluttering all around us for several days. Farmers, though, started noticing the butterflies about a month ago. Painted ladies often lay their eggs in soybeans. When ...

Professor of evolution and ecology Art Shapiro explains the painted lady butterfly migration. Millions of painted lady butterflies invaded central California airspace Monday as a massive migration ...

Each year, painted lady butterflies (Vanessa cardui) travel thousands of kilometers between Africa and Europe in search of suitable breeding conditions. A new study, involving researchers from the ...

A painted lady butterfly feeds in a St. Paul, Minn., garden, Sept. 11, 2003, before migrating to warmer climate. (AP Photo/ Janet Hostetter) It’s not just you. Lawrence is indeed experiencing a ...

The Front Range has been taking on a tinge of orange. Not because of fall foliage, but rather a large migration of the painted lady butterfly. In recent days, people taking a stroll through Cheesman ...