Caplio R2
ƒ/5.9
5.6 mm
1/36
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It’s like we live in a hyperspace bypass for thousands of Painted Lady butterflies, migrating from Mexico to Oregon.
“The butterflies do not stop to feed or mate until they have burned up their reserves, carried over from the caterpillar stage. They fly in a straight line from southeast to northwest, like “bats out of Hell,” and go over obstacles rather than trying to go around them, according to Davis researchers.
In 2005, the population was so dense that their numbers impeded traffic in desert regions, researchers said.” (source) with “reports of ‘billions’ of butterflies around Trona, near Death Valley, and in the San Fernando Valley.” (source ‘05)
Extreme close-ups below.
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