The Painted Lady Butterfly is the most widespread butterfly species found on the planet, occupying all continents except Antarctica and Australia! Painted Ladies belong in the family Nymphalidae, ...

Every year, for millions of years, a huge number of painted lady butterflies have migrated thousands of miles across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Though they've been a common sight throughout ...

Every year, painted lady butterflies born in Europe embark south on an epic journey to Africa. Now, researchers know exactly where on the continent these long-haul travelers spend their winter ...

1. Thousands of records of migratory butterfly species such as Vanessa cardui flying just above ground-level on fixed compass bearings have led to the common belief that these insects migrate within ...

Do Painted Lady Butterflies Migrate? When you think of butterfly migration, it’s probably monarch butterflies that first spring to mind. But monarchs aren’t the only butterflies that travel long ...

It’s taken more than a decade, but scientists have cracked the case of these colorful insects found thousands of miles away from home. Painted lady butterflies (Vanessa cardui, shown resting on a bush ...

A Painted Lady butterfly on a tridax daisy in Ivory Coast.Credit...Lucas Foglia Supported by Photographs by Lucas Foglia Text by Aimee Nezhukumatathil Ms. Nezhukumatathil writes poetry and essays ...

Swarms of butterflies are invading inland sections of Southern California as a result of an unusually heavy migration of a common species making its way from Mexico to the Pacific Northwest to breed, ...

MOORHEAD — As we make our way through 2020, a year full of madness and mayhem, it’s nice to have a little something to make you smile. The Painted Lady butterfly seems to be doing the trick for ...

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 ...

Perhaps you spotted them on La Cienega, flitting north by the thousands near the Westfield mall. Maybe you saw them in Santa Anita, crossing a quiet residential street in a thick, fluttering line. For ...