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The last photo is ;
An aerial view of a “super bloom” of wild poppies blanketing the hills of Walker Canyon on March 12, 2019 near Lake Elsinore.
(Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images)
The plentiful winter rains have created an explosion of Painted Ladies butterflies.
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A wet winter with a possible link to the El Niño climate pattern fueled vegetation growth in northern Mexico, giving painted lady caterpillars an abundant food supply and causing millions of the resulting butterflies to embark on a migration to the Northwest and Canada.
(David McNew / Getty Images)