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The Painted Lady Butterfly is a colourful summer visitor to the UK but it seems to be changing the timing and scale of its immigration in response to climate change.
The population starts to move north from North Africa from January onwards, breeding and dying as it goes, gradually reaching most of Europe. They can reach the UK as early as February but the majority will arrive in June. The last generation will return south to Africa in August and September.
In conjunction with Butterfly Conservation, we want to get as much information on the Painted Lady as possible so we can determine how climate change is affecting their migration.
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