Millions of colorful butterflies are flying to Britain

    Millions of colorful butterflies are flying to Britain

    Millions of beautiful colorful butterflies are making their way to the UK, flying from all over Europe, all within the last six weeks.

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    Millions of beautiful colorful butterflies have been making their way to the UK in the UK, flying from all over Europe for around 6 weeks. An English summer full of colors, therefore, despite the notoriously gray sky for many months of the year. The number is particularly high, which gives hope for incredible shows.





    The most significant migration of the 'Painted Lady' is underway since 2009, when 11 million of these beautiful, famous migratory insects arrived in the country. In fact, the butterfly always travels, making the reverse path towards warmer climates at the end of the summer, with generations also crossing the Sahara before returning north in the following spring.

    Their movements are truly extraordinary: we are talking about about 10.000 kilometers from tropical Africa to the Arctic Circle, almost double what its close relative does. monarch butterfly in North America.

    “The migration of the painted lady is one of the wonders of the natural world - spiega Chris Packham, vice president of Butterfly Conservation, who invited all people to download a free app to count them in parks, nature reserves and gardens - Traveling up to 1km in the sky and at speeds of up to 48km per hour, these creatures apparently fragile, they migrate hundreds of kilometers to reach our coasts every year ”.

    La painted lady butterfly it is a species that does not cause concern (for now). Indeed, its population has increased by 32% since the 70s. It loves open, dry areas, but can be seen everywhere. Registered throughout Great Britain and Ireland, the numbers vary greatly from year to year.

    According to Richard Fox of Butterfly Conservation, this year's migration began around June 14 in Cyprus, Rhodes and other parts of the eastern Mediterranean and many eggs have already been laid, so if the weather is good, a myriad of beautiful colors will envelop the UK.


    Wonders of nature.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DYVIGygED8


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    Roberta de carolis

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