there is a hurricane in Florida, what happens when a BUNCH do it?
Highway shut for butterfly travel
The purple milkweed butterfly
The migration is only one of two mass butterfly movements worldwide
Taiwan is to close one lane of a major highway to protect more than a
million butterflies, which cross the road on their seasonal migration.
The purple milkweed butterfly, which winters in the south of the
island, passes over some 600m of motorway to reach its breeding
ground in the north.
Many of the 11,500 butterflies that attempt the journey each hour do
not reach safety, experts say.
Protective nets and ultra-violet lights will also be used to aid the
insects.
Taiwanese officials conceded that the decision to close one lane of
the road would cause some traffic congestion, but said it was a price
worth paying.
"Human beings need to coexist with the other species, even if they
are tiny butterflies," Lee Thay-ming, of the National Freeway Bureau,
told the AFP news agency.
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