Painted Ladies on Privet

This photo was taken in May 2005 right across the street from our house. We had an unbelievable butterfly migration that passed right through Woodland. These Painted Lady butterflies congregated on these privet bushes; there were three bushes in a row, and each one probably had about 50 butterflies crawling on it. Every time a car blew by, they would all take off at once, fly around for a few seconds, and then land again.