Beautiful butterflies invade Johannesburg

There is something truly magical about drowning in a flight of butterflies. If you live in Johannesburg, you know exactly what we are talking about. Millions of butterflies have invaded the city and surrounding areas. While we would prefer to think it is a miracle signaling the end of Januworry, and better things to come, it is in actual fact the annual migration of the Brown-Veined White Butterfly.

The migration starts in the dry areas of the Kalahari and the Karoo and the numbers are dependent on climatic conditions like drought and rain.

The tiny-winged creatures cross the Northern Cape, some of the Free State and move over the North West Province into Gauteng. They have also been seen in parts of Mpumalanga and Limpopo. Their destination is unknown but Mozambique seems to be the place they settle and fall into the sea.

During this migration process, they stop to lay eggs along the way, which is why they don’t need to fly back. Their eggs will hatch and thus continue the species.

Joburgers are enthralled with Nature’s show and can’t stop taking pictures and videos.

I was in awe…..these butterflies made my day magical. #Jozibutterflies @CityofJoburgZA pic.twitter.com/ZOZdVSG8mU

— #WattsUp (@clarencesdb) January 28, 2020

The sky is full of butterflies flying steadily this morning! The annual migration of the Brown-veined White Butterfly 🦋 Can you guess the LOCATION they are heading to? #butterflies #migration pic.twitter.com/ogfcTLJHZA

— Esri South Africa (@EsriSouthAfrica) January 28, 2020

It’s heartening to see multitudes of butterflies flying all over the Kempton Park CBD! #Butterflies #KemptonPark #Nature #ZA pic.twitter.com/JuZBge1VO4

— SPS CIVILS (@SPSCIVILS) January 28, 2020

 

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Butterflies were all over Joburg today….pure magic #joburg #butterflies #migration #jozi #butterflymigration

A post shared by Clarence Watts (@clarencesdb) on Jan 28, 2020 at 8:32am PST

 

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When you get home to the flurry of #butterflies you just heard about on the #news. #jozi #nature

A post shared by Joziphoto (@joziphoto_za) on Jan 28, 2020 at 8:28am PST

 

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#butterflies everywhere around #johannesburg

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It’s butterfly time in Joburg. Hundreds of butterflies emigrating to Madagascar over Joburg onto Mozambique. #brownveinwhitebutterfly #butterflies #joburg

A post shared by Gail Scott McDonnell Wilson (@dizzylexa) on Jan 28, 2020 at 4:05am PST

 

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Thousands of tiny white butterflies are flying through my garden! They are on their annual migration through South Africa on their way to Mozambique. I’ll just believe that this is a sign of good luck. Did you see them? 😍🦋 #ButterflyMigration #butterflies

A post shared by Ulrich Janse van Vuuren (@ulrichjvv) on Jan 28, 2020 at 3:45am PST

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