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The orange-and-black butterflies, which are known as painted ladies, were passing through Colorado on their annual migration south before the winter months.
Schlatter said the flock of butterflies appeared to be at least 100 miles wide, noting that radar may not have picked up the entire mass migration because its signal eventually drops off due to the curvature of the earth.
I just mentioned somewhere else on the unusually high numbers of painted Ladies on Long Island this year. That's pretty cool that they can be seen on radar.
Last edited by LIcenter; 10-07-2017 at 04:41 AM..
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I just mentioned somewhere else on the unusually high numbers of painted Ladies on Long Island this year. That's pretty cool that they can be seen on radar.
I never knew any other butterflies besides monarchs migrated.
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