There are nearly 20,000 butterfly species divided into six families. They are spread across every continent except for ...

Scientists have recently mapped the painted lady butterfly's annual flight from equatorial Africa to northern Europe and back, the world's longest butterfly migration. In Constant Bloom ...

A painted lady butterfly crosses Erg Chigaga in Morocco. Each year, painted lady butterflies cross the Sahara and Arabian deserts, timing their migration to the brief bloom of wildflowers that ...

Painted Lady Host Plants. This butterfly uses a variety of host plants (more than 100!), but prefers thistle, hollyhock, mallow and many legumes.. What Does a Painted Lady Butterfly Eat?

Although this year’s butterfly migration is significant, it pales in comparison with the swarms of 2005. That year, scientists estimated more than a billion butterflies traveled across California.

On a sunny day in June there was a flutter of colour at Ladysmith's Transfer Beach when 30 Painted Lady butterflies were ...

Painted Lady butterflies are best known for their impressive migrations, which unlike many other migratory species, do not follow a seasonal pattern. Some hypothesize that their migratory patterns are ...

Painted lady butterflies, found on almost every continent, are among the planet's most prolific travellers. One population, in particular, makes an epic, multigenerational journey every year from ...

The Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) undertakes the longest known butterfly migration — an annual, multigenerational journey between Europe and tropical Africa.

Painted lady butterflies feed on the nectar of flowers during their long migration from Canada to Mexico. A dry spring and wildfire in the West may mean less food during their journey this fall.

Painted lady butterflies venture far and wide with their impressive migratory patterns that stretch for thousands of miles — but they often travel across land, so they can stop to rest ...