Painted lady butterflies return to Alberta, influx expected in July

“It’s going to be a very interesting year for butterflies because of the painted lady.”
John Acorn, formally on television as the Nature Nut and currently with the department of renewable resources with the University of Alberta, said Edmonton can expect an influx of pink lady butterflies this summer — a migration that hasn’t happened in Alberta since 2005.
Acorn said the painted lady is the most common migratory butterfly, but they generally only come up to Alberta