as seen on telly

[muckshifter]

I see this little flutterby was featured on the news yesterday ... I got a few shots.

A Painted Lady

got a couple more on my flickr site.

 

[Ian]

Is this the butterfly that comes over from North Africa? I saw something on TV about it this morning asking people to keep an eye out for them

 

[muckshifter]

yep, that be a painted lady from Africa ... they migrate here, then around august pop back over to Africa.

We/I never saw any last year, but they certainly made up for it this year.

 

[Ian]

Amazing that such a little thing can travel that far isn't it! I always thought a butterfly would do well to get from one end of Manchester to the other

 

[floppybootstomp]

Nice

I do sometimes wonder about mother nature though.

Why program such a beautiful insect to spend a huge part of it's life floating & flying between continents?

 

[Taffycat]

Very beautiful and delicate - it really does make one wonder how they can survive such a journey Lovely photos Mucks