Date: 03/20/2005

Number: 1

There has been another interesting phenomenon in the
California area this spring-the Painted Lady
migration! (Vanessa Cardui) I don't know if Journey
North is interested in this but every ten years or so
there is a massive Painted Lady butterfly migration
due to the rains.We have been seeing record numbers of
these darling little butterflies flying northwards
(sometimes a bit north-west) coming up from Mexico.
There is a lot of Malva neglecta sprouting up from the
strange rains we've had. There are many of these
butterflies being seen in the desert regions of
California as well.

Costa Mesa, CA

Latitude: 33.7 Longitude: -117.9

Observed by: Sherry
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