Painted Lady Butterfly in Lewis Crescent

Andy M saw this Painted Lady butterfly, feeding on an Allium flower in his garden on 6th June. Jennifer commented that these butterflies are migrants which start to appear in the UK at the beginning of June.  They tend to been seen only rarely in Abington - with around 2-6 reports a year - but occasionally, in exceptional years, they can be seen in very large numbers, such as in 2009 when hundreds were seen along the Roman Road!