“Butterfly crossing the ocean”

In October I visited a shrine on a hill by the sea in the south of peninsula. Two butterflies were flying over Eupatorium flowers. They come across the sea. In this area, those that have moved south have crossed over the Atsumi peninsula, and will now fly to Kii peninsula. Their pale blue wings were beautiful. [October 2024]

海を渡る蝶として数千キロを移動することで知られている、アサギマダラ。知多半島はその通過地点でもあり、渥美半島から渡ってきて、紀伊半島へと移動していきます。