When Amy Hendricks went outside to secure her new patio umbrella from Monday’s gusty winds in Farr West, she took a moment to admire her apple tree in bloom. Then she saw something in the leaves.
“At first, I thought maybe I’m not looking at this right,” she said. “I just stared at it for a moment, then you’d see flutters here and there, and all of the sudden you could tell it was just full."
Full of butterflies, that is. Hendricks said it seemed there was at least one butterfly per bloom — and they were most likely painted ladies, which are half-dollar-sized orange and brown insects.