About 11 million of the butterflies were seen in the UK during the last "painted lady year" in 2009. Sightings of painted ladies have prompted the posting of countless pictures and videos.

Large clouds of painted lady butterflies are being spotted across ... otherwise known as Vanessa cardui - have prompted countless pictures and videos to be posted to social media.

“I couldn’t believe it, but it was a painted lady.” The painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui), who is not found in South America, was observed by Talavera. The butterfly reached there by ...

The unique pictures were taken using a computed tomography (CT) scanner and show in amazing detail nine Vanessa cardui pupas (the life stage after the caterpillar) as they underwent metamorphosis into ...

(NewsNation) — In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers have mapped the transatlantic flight of the painted lady butterfly, found in South America for the first time in 2013. The species ...