A Million Butterflies

Experienced a rather interesting phenomenon here in Lake Forest today.

After I put in a few hours at work this morning, I walked outside around noon to head home and noticed an extraordinary number of butterflies heading in a westerly direction. There was no real wind to speak of, but it looked almost as if they were migrating. I didn't know butterflies migrated. Didn't give it much thought, and figured they were blowing in from the strawberry fields adjacent to the office.

Well, 6 hours later, when I headed up to Home Depot, they were still flocking!!! And everyone I spoke with had also noticed them and thought it rather odd. Perhaps it was triggered by the cessation of all the rain we've had this season, and the resulting preponderance of flowers showing up on almost anything that grows around here. Hell, even Death Valley has rolling fields of blossoms.

I haven't had the news on, but I am curious to see how widespread the butterfly migration was, or even if they will still be on the move tomorrow...

Did you see them in your area today? Leave me a comment.