Painted ladies making yearly journey
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If you were out and about in Page the last two weeks you surely noticed a larger than usual population of butterflies. The variety we were seeing the most — which had a brown, black and orange coloration — are a variety called painted ladies.
The Painted Lady is believed to be the most widespread butterfly species in the world. It is found in North and South America, as well as parts of Europe, Asia and Africa.
In North America, adult painted ladies over-winter in northern Mexico and the southern parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and California. During the spring and summer, they migrate north, getting so far as southern Canada. At a certain time of the year, they turn around and fly back south.
As the butterflies migrate north, they lay eggs along the way.