Their vice-president, Chris Packham, said recently: "2019 could be a very good year for the
painted lady with high numbers already being recorded across parts of the UK.
Chris said:"The
Painted Lady migration is one of the wonders of the natural world.
Smaller than the peacocks and
painted lady's and strangely coloured, I had never seen one like it before.
But the amazing migration of the
painted lady buttefly is anything but straightforward.
Every year
painted lady butterflies arrive in the UK from North Africa and the Mediterranean but this summer is set to beat the last major invasion a decade ago when an estimated 11 million populated Britain in summer.
This "
painted lady summer" is the most significant since 2009, when 11 million arrived in Britain.
The butterfly is a common migrant from the Continent to the UK each summer where its caterpillars feed on thistles, but around once every 10 years there is a
painted lady "summer" when millions arrive en masse.
Unusually high numbers of
Painted Lady butterflies have been reported across Europe over the spring and early summer, with large numbers now spotted crossing over into the UK.
Experts have claimed a once-in-a-decade influx of
painted lady butterflies could occur in the UK this summer.
Painted lady butterflies could be arriving in their millions to our shores this year.
The
painted lady butterfly passes through the UK on an extraordinary migration from Africa to the Arctic.
slowly, he became a cocoon and after one week Gary turned into a beautiful
Painted Lady butterfly.