"Professor Jane Hill of the University of York, in England, explains: “The Painted Lady just keeps going, breeding and moving.” Annually, those steps take the whole population from northern Europe to Africa and back again.
“This tiny creature weighing less than a gram [0.04 oz] with a brain the size of a pin head and no opportunity to learn from older, experienced individuals, undertakes an epic intercontinental migration,” states Richard Fox, surveys manager at Butterfly Conservation. This insect was “once thought to be blindly led, at the mercy of the wind, into an evolutionary dead end in the lethal British winter,” Fox adds. Yet this study “has shown Painted Ladies to be sophisticated travellers.”"
For #WingsofButterflies +On the Wings of Butterflies! curated by +Cicely Robin Laing and +Sharon Jeannette (I don't have this theme in the calendar, which is really too bad! – ladies, please can you fill in the information on the +Public Calendar of Daily Photography Themes so I can add it??)
Also for #inpraiseofpollinators ++In Praise of Polllinators by +Dusty Gedge
and for #floralfriday +FloralFriday by the perenially bloomng +Tamara Pruessner
Thank you +Matt MacDonald – I appreciate that!
Thanks very much +Mandy Allen
+Dusty Gedge many thanks.
You are very welcome, +Sharon Jeannette and thank you.
+Rumiana Nikolova – thanks and I'm so glad you do.
Is she not, +Ursula Klepper – you know how hard they can be to catch in a photo, too. I was really pleased.
Many thanks +Jasbir S. Randhawa , my friend.
+Christina Lihani – my thinking exactly – it can do so much good, seeing some beautiful natural colours, to pick us up on a dull day. Thanks.
A remarkable story and a great photo! A lot of us need this splash of color!
So pretty
+Ellie Kennard Superb capture, Ellie!
She is so beautiful!
Gorgeous & like it +Ellie Kennard !
I didn't know that about Painted Ladies! Thank you for sharing her wonderful story with us at +On the Wings of Butterflies! and for sharing your beautiful capture:)
And a delightful lady she is.
Fabulous shot and a beautiful butterfly!
Thank you very much +Sumit Sen
Such a beautiful shot!
Thanks a lot +Martin Matejic – they are such delicate and special creatures, which is probably why they are so thrilling to catch in a photo. Have a great weekend yourself, sir M!
Great one madam! I still remember when i caught my first butterfly shot, it was awesome, i couldn't wait to post it here 😀 Have a great weekend ma'am!
Isn't it +Sofie Løve Forsberg?
Thanks very much +Bernd Flicker
Very beautiful capture! +Ellie Kennard
Magnificent being!