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A huge wave of travelers passed through Tehachapi last Monday and Tuesday on their way north. There were tens of thousands of them but they had no effect on local traffic because they weren't using the roads, they were flying — it was an exodus of Painted Lady butterflies on their annual migration to recolonize North America. These orange and black butterflies with white highlights generally pass through this area every year in late March and early April. Observant Tehachapi residents might have noticed that all the butterflies were moving from south to north. Occasionally they alter their course to avoid buildings or natural obstacles, but the Painted Ladies are all headed north. Though the Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) can be found in every state and well into Canada in late spring and summer, hard frosts in the fall and winter kill off any remaining butterflies, with the possible exception of a few that may survive in coastal California and extreme southern...

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