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Saturday, February 1, 2020

On a lighter note: South Africa - White butterflies descending on Johannesburg have residents agog (Original source includes a short video)

White butterfly, female Belenois aurota, in Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa
Source: Wikipedia

Title:
White butterflies descending on Joburg have residents agog

Published:
News24, 30 January 2020

From the description of the video:
"Every year, swarms of white butterflies descended on Johannesburg during their annual migration from South Africa's west coast to Madagascar, lepidopterist Earle Whiteley told News24 earlier.

Whiteley, a Conservation of Butterflies in SA director, said the spectacle was an annual event, but the clouds of Belenois aurota, commonly known as brown-veined white butterflies, did not always follow the same route."

To read more & watch the video (46 seconds):
https://m.news24.com/Video/SouthAfrica/News/watch-white-butterflies-descending-on-joburg-has-residents-agog-20200130