Painted lady butterflies venture far and wide with their ... They even couldn’t fly very much — they kind of jumped instead of flying,” said Talavera, a Spanish National Research Council ...

The painted lady butterfly—or Vanessa cardui—is a traveler like no other. At the onset of spring, this tenacious little butterfly sets out on a journey that defies all odds. By the end of the ...

They later established that the 70-mile wide (110km) mass was a kaleidoscope of Painted Lady butterflies. Forecasters say it is uncommon for flying insects to be detected by radar. "We hadn't seen ...

One butterfly alone could not manage the journey, so it is completed in stages, with up to six successive generations spending their lives flying north. The painted lady recently took the crown for ...

A once-in-a-decade mass emergence of painted lady butterflies saw nearly half a ... one of two day-flying moths counted in the survey. And the struggling small tortoiseshell had its best result ...