Showing posts with label painted lady butterfly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label painted lady butterfly. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Painted Lady Butterfly & Lady Bug migrations

Joe Bauer was out taking more pictures yesterday afternoon, and I couldn't pass up posting just a few more Painted Lady Butterfly photos. Theses two were taken at one Andy Beckstoffers Vineyards near his office.


Later this spring, we hope to have a small Joe Bauer photo exhibit at one of our open houses - Stay tuned.
Barn in Bloomfield, CA

The butterfly migration was still going strong in the Yountville area at 5:00 yesterday. It reminded me of a family vacation on the Feather River many years ago. Only instead of butterflies, we found ourselves in the middle of a Lady Bug migration. Swarms of Lady Bugs so thick, we had to use the windshield wipers just to drive down the road. It was the only highlight to our worst family vacation ever. That vacation is still the benchmark of bad. The "resort" cabin we booked had an "ant farm" in the kitchen, leaking propane, and no screens on the windows. We only lasted 2 days of the planned seven, and still laugh about it.









Tuesday, March 31, 2009

NEWS FLASH! Vast butterfly migration reported


A painted lady butterfly stops to catch a quick snack on Monday, March 30, 2009 in Martinez, Calif. Millions of the small butterflies are migrating north. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Staff) ( JOSE CARLOS FAJARDO )

Hey folks, if you've signed up to be notified by email of new posts, this might get to you in time to witness a natural phenonem:

Vast butterfly migration reported in the Bay Area

My good friends, Joe & Lori (Sis) Bauer just called to report swarms of butterflies passing through the Yountville area. They reported seeing several crows feasting on the Painted Lady butterflies above town. Joe sent this picture:


And my co-worker, Omar Cruz, reported a splattering of them hitting his windshield as he returned to the office.

If you are in the Napa Valley, take a break and go outside. I was seeing 4 or 5 per minute, but in many areas they are much more concentrated.

Check out the article in the Silicon Valley Mercury News: