During the recent mass migration of Painted Lady Butterfly's from Africa to Ireland, Rhiannon and Alannah were at the Centre for Biodiversity at Tipperary Institute where they helped monitor this once in a lifetime event. Thanks to them both for their hard work on the day.
After hatching in February or March in Africa, the Painted Lady butterfly migrates north every year, normally arriving in Ireland in May or early June, spreading out across the country, others going on into Scandinavia. Historically recorded 'swarm' years include, 1272, 1889, 1903, 1928, 1980 and more recently 1996, 2003 and 2006. 2009 might be added to this list. T
he highest count so far from our research staff is 52 per minute passing overhead.
2 comments:
hi Mike thanks for posting our photos from Alannah
cool website from Rhiannon
You are very welcome Alannah, and a big thanks to you and Rhiannon for you help with our Butterfly Research work
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