{"id":4680,"date":"2019-03-14T20:42:48","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T01:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/index.php\/?p=4680"},"modified":"2020-01-19T14:51:56","modified_gmt":"2020-01-19T19:51:56","slug":"painted-lady-butter-migration-southern-california-march-3-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/index.php\/painted-lady-butter-migration-southern-california-march-3-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Painted Lady Butter Migration, Southern California, March 14, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/science\/southern-california-sees-swarms-of-painted-lady-butterflies-stunning-images-show\">So then this happened.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;the number of painted ladies currently floating through the state is on par with 2005 numbers, when an estimated 1 billion butterflies of the kind were spotted.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/painted-lady-butterfly-migration-california-2019.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6716 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/painted-lady-butterfly-migration-california-2019.jpg\" alt=\"Painted Lady Butterfly Migration Southern California March 14 2019\" width=\"752\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/painted-lady-butterfly-migration-california-2019.jpg 752w, https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/painted-lady-butterfly-migration-california-2019-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/painted-lady-butterfly-migration-california-2019c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6719 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/painted-lady-butterfly-migration-california-2019c-591x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Painted Lady Butterfly Migration Southern California March 14 2019\" width=\"591\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/painted-lady-butterfly-migration-california-2019c-591x1024.jpg 591w, https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/painted-lady-butterfly-migration-california-2019c-173x300.jpg 173w, https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/painted-lady-butterfly-migration-california-2019c.jpg 735w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/painted-lady-butterfly-migration-california-2019d.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6721 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/painted-lady-butterfly-migration-california-2019d-1024x605.jpg\" alt=\"Painted Lady Butterfly Migration Southern California March 14 2019\" width=\"640\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/painted-lady-butterfly-migration-california-2019d-1024x605.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/painted-lady-butterfly-migration-california-2019d-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/painted-lady-butterfly-migration-california-2019d-768x454.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/painted-lady-butterfly-migration-california-2019d.jpg 1414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DSC_0316-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4688 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DSC_0316-2.jpg\" alt=\"Painted Lady Butterfly Migration Southern California March 14 2019\" width=\"979\" height=\"727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DSC_0316-2.jpg 979w, https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DSC_0316-2-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DSC_0316-2-768x570.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 979px) 100vw, 979px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DSC_0353-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4690 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DSC_0353-2-1024x846.jpg\" alt=\"Painted Lady Butterfly Migration Southern California March 14 2019\" width=\"640\" height=\"529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DSC_0353-2-1024x846.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DSC_0353-2-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DSC_0353-2-768x635.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DSC_0353-2.jpg 1375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/painted-lady-butterfly-migration-california-2019b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6714 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/painted-lady-butterfly-migration-california-2019b-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"Painted Lady Butterfly in flight; Painted Lady Butterfly Migration Southern California March 14 2019\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/painted-lady-butterfly-migration-california-2019b-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/painted-lady-butterfly-migration-california-2019b-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/painted-lady-butterfly-migration-california-2019b-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/painted-lady-butterfly-migration-california-2019b.jpg 1504w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/painted-lady-migration-california-2019a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-6712 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/painted-lady-migration-california-2019a-1024x636.jpg\" alt=\"Painted Lady Butterfly Migration Southern California March 14 2019\" width=\"640\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/painted-lady-migration-california-2019a-1024x636.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/painted-lady-migration-california-2019a-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/painted-lady-migration-california-2019a-768x477.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/painted-lady-migration-california-2019a-1536x954.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/painted-lady-migration-california-2019a.jpg 1659w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DSC_0375-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4693 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/kirstenmortensen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/DSC_0375-2-1024x727.jpg\" alt=\"Painted Lady 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