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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Each year, painted lady butterflies migrate thousands of miles between Africa and Europe. As the environment changes, so do their journeys. A painted lady butterfly waiting on a rocky hilltop for a ...

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, ...

Painted lady butterflies are flying more than 2,600 miles over the Atlantic Ocean without stopping, one of the longest recorded journeys ever taken by a flying insect. These are painted lady ...

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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 ...

With the sudden appearance of butterflies this month, you'd almost wonder if it's spring. We'll see scores of monarch butterflies as they migrate through our region to Mexico. But be on the lookout ...

Every spring, swarms of the colorful butterflies can be spotted in Southern California as they make their way from western Mexico to the Pacific Northwest to breed. Some years, the number of migrating ...