After last Thursday's rainfall, the island has witnessed the arrival of hundreds of thousands (perhaps millions) of orange butterflies. Blown from tropical Africa by the winds which brought the rain, these fragile creatures are amazing insects.
They look quite similar to red admirals ??
One of the many in our garden yesterday -
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01-11-2018, 10:23 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-11-2018, 10:29 PM by TamaraEnLaPlaya.)
I think I saw somewhere that they are Painted Ladies?
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Yes, painted ladies. With the odd Red Admiral amonst them.
Shame to see so many dead on the roads, the other day. All splatted on the windscreen.
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