Largest Painted Lady Migration Since 2005

Painted Lady by Harry Appleyard, Tattenhoe Park 5 June 2016

Southern California is in the midst of a “magical” surprise: unusually large swarms of Painted Lady butterflies filling the skies from San Diego to Pasadena.

“Everyone was posting about the butterflies all over Instagram,” a woman told CBS Los Angeles Tuesday. “I saw so many, it was kinda like a swarm of them. It was pretty insane.”