Painted Lady Migration

John Shuey jshuey at tnc.org
Tue May 1 08:19:36 EDT 2001


I was just at Lake Tahoe and Reno, and at both sites the numbers were
impressive.  I counted 25 butterflies headed due north during one red
light at an intersection in Reno.

John Shuey

Chuck Vaughn wrote:

> I haven't seen a word on here about this but there's a big
> Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) migration underway here in
> California.
>
> My parents in Palm Desert said they've been inundated with
> them for 2 weeks. A friend who drives in from Placerville
> had them all over his truck today. I was just outside here
> in Mtn. View and I'm seeing one pass by at least every 30
> seconds.
>
> Chuck <aa6g at aa6g.org>
>
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