Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) drinking nectar from a flower with its proboscis. This brightly coloured species is found worldwide, apart fro

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Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) drinking nectar from a flower with its proboscis. This brightly coloured species is found worldwide, apart from South America, thanks to its powerful migratory urge. Every year painted ladies cross the Mediterranean from Africa to Europe in order to breed, sometimes arriving in enormous numbers.

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Photo credit: © CLAUDE NURIDSANY & MARIE PERENNOU/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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