Painted Lady butterfly
The Buddleia bush was teeming with life, butterflies, bees and other insects.
I got in as close as I could to this beautiful painted lady when it opened its wings and revealed its beauty within.
I had not seen a Painted Lady before so looked up this fascinating info which makes it all the more spectacular!
The Painted Lady is a long-distance migrant, which causes the most spectacular butterfly migrations observed in Britain and Ireland.
Each year, it spreads northwards from the desert fringes of North Africa, the Middle East, and central Asia, recolonising mainland Europe and reaching Britain and Ireland. In some years it is an abundant butterfly, frequenting gardens and other flowery places in late summer.
In 2009 11 million Painted Ladies arrived in the UK.
Painted Lady butterfly
The Buddleia bush was teeming with life, butterflies, bees and other insects.
I got in as close as I could to this beautiful painted lady when it opened its wings and revealed its beauty within.
I had not seen a Painted Lady before so looked up this fascinating info which makes it all the more spectacular!
The Painted Lady is a long-distance migrant, which causes the most spectacular butterfly migrations observed in Britain and Ireland.
Each year, it spreads northwards from the desert fringes of North Africa, the Middle East, and central Asia, recolonising mainland Europe and reaching Britain and Ireland. In some years it is an abundant butterfly, frequenting gardens and other flowery places in late summer.
In 2009 11 million Painted Ladies arrived in the UK.