Butterfly Observations

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E.g., Friday, April 19, 2024
E.g., Friday, April 19, 2024
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Date and Time Latitude Longitude Species Type Number Observed Flight Direction (Degrees) Wind Direction (Degrees)sort descending Wind Speed Observed By Description/Notes
2005-08-03 12:00:00 45.43 -76.17 Painted lady 0 archive Since getting home (near Ottawa) on August 3, I have not seen a Painted Lady. It seems the irruption died out somewhat. I have seen only two empty larval nests on Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare) near my laneway (45.26 N, 76.10 W), so even the last generation was less numerous than anticipated. More...
2010-05-05 12:00:00 43.94 -78.3 Red admiral 4 archive Rod and Joan [Parrott] report 20 red admirals north of Port Hope in the Ganaraska forest on May 4th. Also 4 in Port Hope on May 5th. More...
2016-07-25 23:21:00 43.65307999 -79.44157410000003 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa 346 Lansdowne Avenue Toronto, Ontario, Canada M6H 3Y1. Location precision: not recorded. 30 C, sunny. Observed by jon_hayes, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3747053 More...
2005-03-08 12:00:00 37.17 -118.29 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 5 archive First arriving migratory Painted Ladies More...
2008-03-23 14:20:00 34.1235 -118.2926 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 3 292.5 2 archive 3 migrating individuals, flying WNW, 14:20 - 14:35 PDT 3/23/08. North Hills, CA 91343. More...
2006-09-07 12:00:00 41.8009 -92.0712 Red admiral 2 archive I have seen 2 Red Admirals in my back yard last week. Not today as it was too cold & rainy. I have a metal building along the whole depth of my lot w/ 3 big pear trees of different varieties parallel to the building- giving them a west exposure. More...
2016-04-18 05:00:00 46.354588523362 -123.58008525083 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 3 Robert M. Pyle WA: Wahkiakum Co. Swede Park, Gray's River. T 10N R7W S. 17. 18 April 2016. Three V. atalanta nectaring on lilacs. More...
41.84265 -94.222111 Painted lady 20 5 mariposa Caterpillars were silked up inside Canada thistle leaves. There may be 2 species here or a lighter morph. More...
2002-04-09 12:00:00 39.02 -74.94 Red admiral 0 archive Observer: J. Dowdell. Cape May County More...
2019-04-16 16:30:00 42.352328 -85.74260500000003 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 0 Ilse Gebhard Not in directional flight. Just flying here and there in the yard. Sunny, high 60's More...
2010-05-12 12:00:00 34.2146 -77.8258 Red admiral 0 archive Good Afternoon All, Some of the species seen today at Airlie Gardens (in Wilmington): Leps: Silver-spotted Skipper 5 adults, and several caterpillars munching on 'American Wisteria' under a folded hibernaculum leaf; Comma; black swallowtail; red admiral. More...
2016-03-20 05:00:00 34.115929 -100.35109 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Matador Wildlife Management Area, Cottle County, Texas. Location precision: within a 27m radius. Found on Skunk-bush sumac. Observed by mp548225, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2809633 More...
2018-03-01 21:43:00 35.70751919 -114.7104071 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Observer: Lonny Holmes, Clark County, Nevada. Positional precision: 12m. Imported from iNaturalist. More...
2001-05-14 12:00:00 35.05 -83.77 Red admiral 12 archive Clay Co. NC is on the north GA line and almost to the far western tip of NC. Having visited the mountains of Clay County regularly for the last three weeks and not seen one Red Admiral - boom on my visit yesterday (May 14) I saw at least a dozen! More...
2016-07-23 15:29:00 43.2620874 -82.6908566 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 keb No description. More...
2019-09-13 05:00:00 41.60873369999999 -75.0588391 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Tusten Heritage Community Garden, Narrowsburg, New York. Location precision: estimated within a 40m radius. Observed by Ed Wesely. “a faded P.L. in THCG.” (E-mail communication). More...
2002-04-13 12:00:00 38.9982 -77.0338 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 2 archive 2 migrating individuals. More...
2015-04-15 20:00:00 30.292459048231 -81.647322174637 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 ascwing The Red Admiral we saw was alone. We haven't seen another one. More...
2019-04-16 18:00:00 41.17973 -95.91815500000001 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 44 9 mariposa Fontenelle Forest, Bellevue, Nebraska. Location precision: not recorded. Saw 44 red admirals flying by or sunning. unfortunately I left the camera at home. Survey from 11:15 a.m. to 2:55 p.m. CDT. Temperature: 71 F. Observed by langabee, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. More...
2005-04-05 12:00:00 38.53 -118.5 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 231 0.0 archive Observation: 231/200 feet/3 min. Normalized: 77/200 feet/min. More...
2016-04-26 21:43:00 34.12533 -118.407039 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 2 0 mariposa Franklin Canyon Park, Chaparral Trail, Los Angeles County, California. Location precision: not recorded. Nectaring. Sunny, 68 - 70 F. Observed by dkaposi, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3069259 More...
2009-01-19 12:00:00 26.17 -98.37 Red admiral 0 archive Observer: D. Hanson. More...
2007-02-02 12:00:00 33.67 -117.84 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 1 archive No description. More...
2020-02-24 20:30:00 36.15699336 -115.4242747 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Clark County, Nevada, USA. Location precision: within a 15m radius. 65 degrees, no wind. Observed by lonnyholmes, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/39191591 More...
2002-04-07 12:00:00 35.0138 -106.677 Painted lady 1 archive Observers: C. Rustay and S. Drilling. More...
2012-04-06 05:00:00 43.6155825 -84.2472116 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 DenBrook Thanks Royce. They were the first, and I think the earliest for me. I had another one today; for what ever reason Admirals and Ladies have been sparse in the Mid-Michigan area for the last few years. This is beginning to look like a boom year. There should be a way of documenting the lean years. More...
2019-04-22 19:30:00 42.2558298 -83.04821979999997 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 12 0 Donald Davis Spring Garden ANSI, Windsor, Ontario, Canada: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm (GPS 42.256890 - 83.04825). Location precision: estimated within a 550m radius. Observed by Jeff Larson. More...
2003-03-17 12:00:00 40.7785 -73.9817 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 0 archive Observer: P.W. Post. 72nd Street and Amsterdam Avenue. More...
2010-05-17 12:00:00 45 -81.37 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive On Tue, 5/18/10, Ethan Meleg wrote: Subject: Re: [Ontbirds] Bruce Peninsula Big Day - May 17 (various species) Donald, I recall seeing a red admiral in Stokes Bay. More...
2015-08-22 05:00:00 35.9686 -106.02750000000003 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa I think this is the correct ID. I never got a dorsal view. [Later confirmed by four other observers] El Valle De Arroyo Seco, New Mexico. Location precision: within a 100m radius. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. More...
2005-03-30 14:00:00 34.3 -118.15 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 182 337.5 archive I am reporting from mount Washington, Los Angeles, California 90065. The first day I recall seeing the painted lady butterflies was: March 23rd. There was a report of the migration on our local list serve on March 27th. More...
2009-04-06 16:00:00 34.02 -118.38 Painted lady 4 archive Location of observation: Culver City, CA; near the new Audubon Visitor Center; longitude = 118.38 W; latitude = 34.02 N Date of sighting: 6 April 2009 at ~4:00pm Type of sighting: at least 4 males, fighting on a hilltop Kristen M. More...
2017-09-08 22:22:00 46.21444905 -91.28507214000001 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Cable, Wisconsin. Observation by happleman, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. Location precision: 432m radius. More...
2005-06-20 12:00:00 50.936 -113.3365 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 100 337.5 5 archive Hello from Alberta. Occasionally we get painted lady butterflies in great numbers up here. This appears to be one of those years. I have seen painted lady butterflies in large numbers from Calgary through Strathmore and out to Brooks Alberta in the past two days. More...
2016-05-18 17:15:00 42.204218756622 -122.70780086065 West coast lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 AdmiralsandLadies drinking in moist garden path ground More...
2021-06-13 18:53:00 33.7209593 -116.3450073 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 0 dmhall17@gmail.com No description. More...
2006-03-09 12:00:00 30.85 -81.45 American lady 1 archive No description. More...
2015-05-14 14:20:00 30.0096286 -99.1218524 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 3 Ginny Again, we did not record the precise tme we saw these butterflies -- it was after 9:20 am. More...
2003-09-05 12:00:00 41.99 -88.69 Painted lady 0 archive No description. More...
2014-06-09 05:00:00 42.275505 -93.635851 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Little Wall Lake Co. Park, Hamilton County, Iowa. Location precision: within a 50m radius. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/728721 More...
2009-05-06 12:00:00 41.1207 -73.9197 American lady First butterfly of the season 2 archive After a rainy and cool several days, a bit of sun, with temperatures in the low-mid 60's brought a nice variety of butterflies to the ridge along the Palisades, at Hook Mt., Rockland County (just north of Nyack, on the Hudson). More...
2017-09-20 19:22:00 46.5593338 -87.42304228 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Marquette, Michigan. Light wind, Temps in the 70s. Partially cloudy. Observation by nonfictionsteve, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. Location precision: not recorded. More...
2007-03-10 12:00:00 28.3 -82.03 Red admiral 1 archive Polk County. Observers: B. and L. Cooper, J. and B. DuBois, C. Geanangel, and T. Palmer. More...
2017-04-23 22:15:00 43.521225138419 -5.6251958830096 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 2 manu No description. More...
2006-03-25 12:00:00 31.13 -92.46 Painted lady 1 archive Observer: C. Marks More...
2015-10-31 21:48:00 30.563306 -97.548479000002 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 marillionjade24 A bit pale with some wing damage was sunning itself on my fence. Kept going back to the same spot. More...
2019-05-13 05:00:00 34.74666731993429 -112.13109446944583 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 20 0 mariposa Jerome Grande Shaft, Yavapai County, Arizona. Location precision: estimated within a 200m radius. Observed by Tom Horton, posted to Desert Leps Newsgroup. "I had wanted to make this trip last Monday, but it rained. I drove up yesterday. It was a gorgeous day. More...
2003-11-05 12:00:00 32.858 -108.588 Painted lady 17 archive Observers: B. Howe and C. Rustay. More...
2010-05-14 12:00:00 43.48 -79.76 Red admiral 8 archive May 14th - finally nice and warm again - 8 Red Admirals at Glenorchy More...
2012-10-27 05:00:00 30.19854603 -98.11381504000002 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta, Dripping Springs, Hays Co., Texas, 27 October 2012. Location precision: not recorded. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197339 More...

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