We won’t see the clouds of butterflies currently captivating Californians, but some will likely arrive in B.C. this summer.
A wave of delicately patterned butterflies headed north from California is setting B.C. lepidopterists’ — and other butterfly enthusiasts’ — hearts a-flutter.
“We won’t see clouds of them, but people who know butterflies will probably notice more,” said University of B.C. entomologist Murray Isman. “The numbers tend to dissipate or be diluted as they travel north.” On social media people are posting videos of the small orange-and-black butterflies rapidly zipping along in their quest for food.Video of migrating painted lady butterflies taken just outside of our #Carlsbad #Fish and #Wildlife Office in #California by @USFWS pic.twitter.com/UqV1xFnnlG
— James Viscosi March 12, 2019That journey should eventually take some of them to B.C., where they will spend their final days before dying. Unlike their cousin, the monarch butterfly, painted ladies don’t make a return migration south. When the weather gets cool, they die off, said Joel Gibson, the curator of entomology at the Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria.
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