Butterfly Observations

E.g., Friday, April 19, 2024
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) Wind Speedsort descending Observed By Description/Notes
2002-05-07 12:00:00 40.82 -96.69 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive No description. More...
2012-05-04 05:00:00 40.115020911921 -74.037209574269 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 200 mariposa <p>Ann Dee, Manasquan, New Jersey, ca. 40.114 N, 74.04 W. I saw hundreds of red admiral butterflies in Brielle and Manasquan NJ on 5/4/12 never saw so many butterflies together in one day amazing, even my friend called me and asked me about it she was in Mt. More...
2003-09-14 12:00:00 44.46 -91.8 Painted lady 0 archive Observer: M. O'Connor. More...
2010-05-17 15:15:00 46.77109 -92.14826 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive Comments: I was working on my garden when the Red admiral landed on a nearby dandelion. On Mother's Day I saw ~6 in NW Indiana, so I expected to begin to see a few here about now. More...
2005-03-27 12:00:00 33.74 -117.66 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 200 0.0 archive For the past 2 days (03/26-03/27/05) we have witnessed hundreds of Painted Lady Butterfly traveling Northbound through Foothill Ranch, CA. Any idea where they are heading? They seem to often be in pairs too. Thank you. Stepan & Melody More...
2008-07-20 13:20:00 43.67 -84.38 American lady 1 archive No description. More...
2007-01-07 15:10:00 34.403 -119.699 Red admiral 1 archive Shoreline Drive near West Beach. One individual flew out of a flower bed to the northwest. More...
2016-12-06 17:53:00 26.128691784881 -80.363101956014 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 badewitt Seen perched on Cromolaena, Jack in the bush in Markham Park, Broward Co. FL More...
2002-04-16 12:00:00 41.65 -81.41 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 0 archive No description. More...
2015-04-30 15:48:00 47.32918110414 -122.32380508894 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 2 randimal Sunning in the backyard. One Painted Lady also present. More...
2003-04-07 12:00:00 37.2 -118.25 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 292.5 archive No description. More...
2010-05-15 12:00:00 46.878 -71.283 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 100 archive May 17: Throughout the weekend [includes May 15] and today, dozens of individuals in Charlesbourg. SuperFred More...
2005-03-27 13:00:00 32.44 -117.09 Painted lady 100 archive non migrating individuals More...
2005-11-04 12:00:00 33.8881 -117.8851 West coast lady 0 archive No description. More...
2017-04-13 21:30:00 42.032655787028 -91.693520168362 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 2 dohde1 Two red admirals chasing each other in our backyard. More...
2001-02-08 12:00:00 28.0332 -82.7812 Red admiral 3 archive Observer: T. Adams. More...
2003-09-15 12:00:00 41.6619 -86.1586 Painted lady 0 archive No description. More...
2010-05-28 10:55:00 43.04095 -76.406944 Red admiral 1 archive In contrast to the butterflies I had seen in the last few weeks, this one was just fluttering around the yard with no apparent destination. More...
2005-03-29 11:00:00 34.391 -119.7 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1000 315.0 225.0 archive Leadbetter Beach/Shoreline Park. 11:00-11:10 - 100 per min - heading N/W More...
2009-03-18 12:00:00 31.48 -110.33 Painted lady 6 archive Observers: B. Parks, P. Sullivan, H. Brodkin More...
2007-04-20 12:00:00 29.5 -98.45 Red admiral 60 archive Seeing lots (6 or more per large nectaring bush) this week in San Antonio, Texas. More...
2017-04-13 05:00:00 43.8876041 -78.8119769 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 Donald Davis From Jim Ellis of City of Oshawa, Ontario - north shore of Lake Ontario just east of Toronto: American Painted Lady - first butterfly on Downview Cres[cent] in Oshawa in 2017! Oshawa home to massive General Motors plants. More...
2003-07-10 12:00:00 55.067 -82.25 Painted lady 1 archive Collector: M. J. Oldham. Cape Henrietta Maria (just south of actual cape), NW James Bay near Hudson Bay, Polar Bear Prov. Park. Gravel beach ridge. More...
2003-09-18 12:00:00 44.78 -88.61 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 0 archive Initial arrival? More...
2010-05-30 12:00:00 45.99 -64.57 Red admiral 1 archive I am still a beginner on butterflies, but I did notice a Red Admiral stopping on my Mountain Ash flower this afternoon. Yolande, Memramcook More...
2005-04-04 09:30:00 34.9507 -120.4313 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 archive No more individuals noted since yesterday. More...
2009-05-03 12:00:00 43.177 -90.595 American lady 1 archive Observers: M. Reese, D. Reese. More...
2007-04-28 08:00:00 33.9137 -98.4933 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 5 0.0 archive location: Wichita Falls, TX postal zip: 76301 sighting: April 28, 2007 time: between 8 am -- 8:30 am CDT migrating individuals; 5 moving north More...
2017-04-12 05:00:00 43.027274995333 -89.343079153168 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 6 mariposa [Tod Highsmith, Wisconsin Butterflies] Capital Springs State Recreation Area - Lake Farm County Park Unit, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin. More...
2010-06-03 12:00:00 49.70861 -97.19657 Painted lady 0 archive Howdy, Yes, Painted Ladies were in the same location at the same time. I’ve seen Painted Ladies up as far north as Arborg, MB (about 80 km north of Winnipeg) but there were no Red Admirals at that location. There was a subtle difference in location in the areas though. More...
2005-03-31 12:00:00 33.0681 -117.3034 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1000 archive another flock,herd,cluster, what ever, on the 31st and 1st. lots fewer, but still thousands. again from the beach to about 1 mile inland. have a happy day. trish More...
2007-04-15 12:00:00 31.54 -110.375 American lady 1 archive Garden Canyon and Huachuca Canyon, Huachuca Mountains, Cochise Co., Arizona. Observer: J. Snyder More...
2017-07-20 18:36:00 39.318362808994 -120.43363093796 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 968 225.0 rmedak About 300 butterflies per hour flying from northeast to southwest direction. More...
2005-05-31 12:00:00 37.8717 -122.067 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 500 225.0 archive Anonymous. I live in Walnut Creek, California, due northeast of San Francisco. Today, we saw hundreds of monarchs flying through our backyard, 5-10 at a time all day. We have lived here for some time and have never seen this type of migration. More...
2005-04-12 12:00:00 36.175 -115.14 Painted lady 60 archive Observer: S. Potter. More...
2010-01-26 13:00:00 30.20794 -98.10352 Red admiral 5 archive Plant: Mayer Lemon. Species: red admiral, painted lady. 4-8 of each species. Butterflies were feeding on the plant throughout the day. Pictures were taken about 1:00 p.m. Images: http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/576501786YfziyA More...
2004-05-04 15:10:00 42.0226 -93.65 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 1 0.0 archive 1 Red Admiral, south side of People's Bar and Grill, Welch Avenue/Lincoln Way; east side of Welch. More...
2017-09-10 05:00:00 43.4928764 -87.8036644 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 3 mariposa From Wisconsin Butterflies, Harrington Beach State Park. Accuracy: 1 km More...
2003-10-01 12:00:00 44.65 -63.6 American lady 1 archive Hi Royce, This was the first butterfly I have noticed this fall. Our garden did have some New England asters in bloom at the time. More...
2005-11-13 12:00:00 28.47 -81.76 Red admiral 3 archive Observers: B. and L. Atherton, B. Bindschadler, N. Prine, and B. Roper. More...
2010-05-01 12:00:00 43.893 -89.914 Red admiral 4 archive Mike Reese; Location: Sohlberg Silver Lake SNA, Adams County. This area looked very similar to some of the Frosted Elfin habitat so I decided to check it out. No Frosteds but I was surprised by the 3 Persius Duskywings, including a female that I saw lay an egg on Lupine. More...
2005-05-23 11:00:00 49.39 -103.49 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive sheltered lawn More...
2010-04-18 12:00:00 42.113 -91.349 Red admiral 2 archive 2 on 4/18/10 near Stone City, Jones County. More...
2004-07-01 12:00:00 42.35 -85.74 Red admiral 1 archive No description. More...
2007-04-21 12:00:00 41.805 -91.495 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 3 archive I saw several butterflies flying around the yard this afternoon – Spring Azure, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, and several Red Admirals. Chris Edwards, Solon, IA More...
2012-06-28 05:00:00 55.253074548398 -84.317993280964 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 4 Donald Davis (Jean Iron, Ron Pittaway) This is Jean Iron's first report by satellite phone for the period 22 - 29 June 2012 from Burntpoint Creek Research Station on the Ontario coast of Hudson Bay in Polar Bear Provincial Park.... The base camp is about 3 km from the coast.... More...
2005-03-13 13:00:00 37.164 -118.289 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 22.5 archive Mar 13--Big Pine: Max numbers 7/50'/5min at 1PM, average direction: NW-W and NE-N. More...
2012-09-28 19:22:00 35.345980765749 -94.295312947088 American lady First butterfly of the season 2 Cliff Ivy Sunny warm. Arkansas river riparian area. Ammerican ladies were nectaring Boneset flowers. More...
2005-06-23 12:00:00 50.7 -119.3 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1000 315.0 archive Species: Painted lady (at least this is what we found in the truck grill). Migrating masses: Flight direction, Northeast. 100's, 1000's or more?? butterflies observed crossing the Trans-Canada Highway east of downtown between 3:30 and 4:30 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time. More...
2004-11-28 12:00:00 26.3017 -98.1624 Red admiral 3 archive Observers: D. Muschalek, W. Sekula, M. Reid, S. Coffey, and D. Hanson. Coordinates are for the center of the Edinburg Courthouse square, USGS Edinburg Quadrangle. More...

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