Butterfly Observations

E.g., Thursday, March 28, 2024
E.g., Thursday, March 28, 2024
E.g., Thursday, March 28, 2024
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Date and Time Latitude Longitude Species Type Number Observed Flight Direction (Degrees)sort descending Wind Direction (Degrees) Wind Speed Observed By Description/Notes
2006-04-11 12:00:00 41.4383 -73.956 Red admiral 2 archive Observer: T. Fiore. More...
2015-07-20 18:08:00 37.556055 -79.3553561 Red admiral 1 Bud Foshee No description. More...
2019-04-22 23:00:00 43.64149393 -79.47040322999999 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 4 0 mariposa Rennie Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Location precision: within a 25m radius. Basking in late day sun on a west facing slope. Full sun, temperature 15 C. Observed by dkaposi, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/22911305 More...
2003-10-16 12:00:00 38.25 -85.76 Painted lady 2 archive No description. More...
2010-06-08 12:00:00 45.51 -61.08 Red admiral 1 archive I have observed Red Admirals (Vanessa atalanta) on three separate occasions. 5-29-10 (2) - several times throughout afternoon; 6-08-10 (1); 6-11-10 (1)on my property: Lat. 45.51 N, Long. -61.08 W. On each day the weather was sunny, between 60-65 degrees, slight ocean breeze. Hope this helps. More...
2008-02-29 06:00:00 30.22955634 -97.65455245999999 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta, Hornsby Bend Wastewater Treatment Ponds and Wildlife Area, Austin, Travis Co., Texas, 29 February 2008. Location precision: not recorded. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197336 More...
2005-04-04 12:00:00 37.364 -118.395 Painted lady 50 archive The butterflies are nearly gone now, just a few transient (females?) still fluttering around. Today I saw an Audubon's Warbler picking dead butterflies out of some vehicle's grille. Birds, especially Ravens, have had a bountiful feast with all of the dead ones on the roads. More...
2009-05-24 10:15:00 40.714 -74.006 American lady 1 135.0 archive No description. More...
2017-08-05 21:46:00 37.73418833 -122.4360117 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa 84 Lippard Ave, San Francisco, California. Observation by rebeccafay, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. Location precision: not recorded. More...
2007-04-13 12:00:00 28.3 -82.02 Red admiral 11 archive Observers: B. Bindschadler, J. DuBois, B. and L. Cooper, M. B. Litrico, and G. White More...
2017-08-03 23:00:00 51.432179048647 -0.87203490370483 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 2 Steph Red Admiral butterfly has been perching on garden fence and defending his/her territory. This has been happening for several days over the last couple of weeks. Appears to be 'fighting' the world!! Even me when I tried to approach to take photos!! More...
2005-04-01 12:00:00 38.0245 -121.654 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 2000 archive Observer: Ashley Castaldi. We observed thousands of monarchs [probably Painted Ladies] flying all over Oakley. More...
2014-10-27 05:00:00 42.03235580968 -82.596489078913 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 6 157.5 12 Donald Davis (Gary Tetzlaff) behind Shoeless Joes, Leamington, Ontario 42.032172 -82.596540 23 C air temp 25C at ground level (warm SSE wind) sunny afternoon. Fiery Skipper 5 (only one female); Orange Sulphur 46+; Clouded Sulphur 76+ (including 20+ white-form females); Cabbage White 7; Painted Lady 51+; Re More...
2019-05-04 05:00:00 45.05248361 -79.33624829999997 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 0 mariposa Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada. Location precision: within a 154m radius. Partly sunny, calm. Observed by barbara_taylor, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/24529699 More...
2001-06-23 10:00:00 53.48 -113.55 Painted lady 7 3 archive 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 52 Ave NW/124 St Circle. More...
2010-05-24 12:00:00 48.482 -89.305 Red admiral 0 archive My first sighting of an adult Monarch May 23 Thunder Bay Another one seen May 24 at my house First eggs on my milkweeds June 2. Lots of Red Admirals and American Painted Ladies this spring. Nick (Nick Escott). More...
2018-08-10 15:35:00 42.674199 -93.461006 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 337.5 8 mariposa Large fresh individual perching and flying along a roadside. Dows Junction I-35 rest area, Dows, Iowa. Location precision: within an 8m radius. Fair/sunny, 78 F, dew point 68 F. Observed by iowabiologist, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. More...
2005-03-30 12:00:00 32.44 -110.9 Red admiral 2 archive Catalina State Park, AZ (SEABA Field Trip, 22 participants) More...
2009-11-05 12:00:00 36.159 -86.85 Painted lady 4 315.0 3 archive Favorite place was Mexican Sage. All four were there once at the same time. None had wing tears. More...
2017-06-18 00:08:00 42.030803 -93.64698900000002 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 2 292.5 7 mariposa Iowa State University campus, Ames, Iowa. Nectaring on linden blossoms. Location precision: 4m radius. 77 F, dew point 63 F, RH 62%. Partly cloudy; altocumulus, cirrus, and cirrostratus over 80% of sky; some full sun. Light wind from the west-northwest, 7 mph. More...
2007-05-14 12:00:00 43.475 -80.413 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 archive Hey there Don, I saw and caught my first monarch in Breslau, Ontario, yesterday on the milkweed near my butterfly rearing greenhouse, a female laying eggs. I have also noticed more than normal red admirals and the first sighting of them was May 6th and Painted Ladies on the 14th of May. More...
2017-09-08 17:15:00 44.920923 -93.175205 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 10 90.0 Bethgrace Ten painted ladies drinking nectar in our garden, primarily from sedum 'autumn joy', garlic chives, Joe-Pye weed, asters and phlox. Weather conditions were sunny, east wind at 13mph and temp of 62. More...
2006-04-26 12:00:00 42.349 -84.091 Red admiral 1 archive Observer: C. Rickards More...
2012-08-28 05:00:00 53.5051735 -112.0621385 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 Donald Davis (Rob Hughes) I had a Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta rubria, in my yard yesterday, nectaring on Lantana and Zinnia. No camera this time. I also saw one about two weeks ago, on the same flowers in my yard. They both looked very fresh, so possibly separate individuals. More...
2019-06-03 18:00:00 35.2226577 -79.40374350000002 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 5 0 mariposa Sandhills Horticultural Gardens, Pinehurst, North Carolina. Location: estimated within a 300m radius. Observed by Chris Talkington, Carolinaleps Newsgroup. More...
2001-04-13 12:00:00 34.25 -117.34 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 archive Observer: More...
2010-04-18 12:00:00 43.96 -89.08 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 archive Ron Arnold, Location: my property and surrounding property in the town of Seneca, Wood County. Of the 8 species I've seen so far this year, 7 have set new early sightings dates for me in Wood County. More...
2011-09-06 16:00:00 42.372581 -85.70511199999999 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa We had a very fresh red admiral nectaring at our butterfly bush on 9/10/11, 4 pm, Alamo township, Kalamazoo county, Michigan. Sunny, 73 degrees, low wind. Had only seen a couple all summer long. Observed by Ilse Gebhard. Location precision: estimated within a 7 km radius. More...
2005-04-25 12:15:00 42.35 -85.74 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 270.0 10 archive 1 red admiral, perched on grass, first butterfly of season More...
2010-04-16 16:00:00 42.0016 -91.6515 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive This is to report the Red Admiral I saw this afternoon about 4 pm on the Mount Mercy College campus. - first of the year. It was on the top of the hill in front of the library. More...
2017-04-17 18:12:00 43.6412308 -79.46958302999997 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 0.0 8 mariposa Ellis Ave (south end), Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Location precision: 100m radius. Sunny, but cool northern gusts. Observation by dkaposi, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5808992 More...
2004-06-04 18:44:00 42.0267 -93.6458 Red admiral 41 2 archive Survey of territories, Iowa State University campus, route 1. Mostly sunny; 5% cumulus. Moderate humidity, near-calm. 26.3 C - 23.5 C. More...
2007-06-16 12:00:00 40.41 -89.87 American lady 10 archive Observers: J. Heinrickson, P. Brainerd, G. Adams, M. Herman, R. and R. Bell More...
2001-04-18 12:00:00 41.97 -82.52 Red admiral 12 archive Observer: Fred Urie. Also present were 12 Red Admiral butterflies, and 2 Green Darner dragonflies in the afternoon. More...
2012-06-30 05:00:00 45.016543 -79.615314 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 292.5 13 Donald Davis The [Bala NABA butterfly] count was held on June 30, 2012. All species were found in a 24km(15mi) diameter circle centred at Bala, District Municipality of Muskoka (about 3 hours north of Toronto), ca. 45.01654 N, 79.61531 W. More...
2019-09-22 15:30:00 44.91344714818965 -93.31657965245711 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 4 337.5 6 Livewombat Painted ladies among monarchs nectaring on tithonia in an elementary school butterfly garden, just as the first north wind in more than two weeks began to blow. More...
2012-09-23 20:18:00 48.709299949087 -116.19946958707 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1 glacierhikergal No description. More...
2019-03-07 21:55:00 35.99110943 -115.25495339999998 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 4 0 mariposa Enterprise, Clark County, Nevada. Location precision: within a 19m radius. Nectaring. Observed by lonnyholmes, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/21067469 More...
2010-04-29 18:45:00 42.5541 -87.8429 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 1 archive My girls spotted a Red Admiral and we thought it would be fun to register it. More...
2017-01-29 17:18:00 30.56312833 -97.54845499999999 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa 208 Rinehardt St, Hutto, Texas. Location precision: not recorded. A pleasant surprise to find while checking for baby native plant rosettes in my yard. 59 F, cloudless sky, wind calm. Observed by marillionjade24, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. More...
2004-12-02 12:00:00 29.067 -97.3336 American lady 1 archive Observer: D. Muschalek. Coordinates are for a location on a bend of the Guadalupe River about 2.5 miles southwest of Cuero, DeWitt Co., Texas; USGS Cuero Quadrangle. More...
2007-06-15 12:00:00 41.03 -73.82 Red admiral 0 archive In our backyard, near Scarsdale, NY there appears to be a red admiral "lek". Each evening starting at least by 7 PM Eastern daylight savings time they congregate. This began this year about June 15 and is continuing. More...
2017-09-25 20:36:00 43.0408111 -76.2125784 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 SyracuseNY Sunny day little wind; I'm seeing fewer than I did a few days ago. We have LOTS of nectar resources More...
2001-04-27 12:00:00 44.06 -77.60000000000002 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 20 0 archive Just came back in from a short field trip. Saw equal numbers of Painted Ladies and Red Admirals (approx. 20 ea). These were the first Painted Ladies I personally saw this season. However my daughter saw her first one in the school yard here on April 24th. More...
2019-09-08 05:00:00 41.96277200000001 -82.51844 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 Donald Davis Point Pelee National Park, Wheatley, Ontario, Canada. Location precision: estimated within a 4.5 km radius. Observed by Steve Pike. More...
2004-05-05 12:00:00 43.28 -79.25 American lady First butterfly of the season 2 archive No description. More...
2012-11-18 19:45:00 35.33511060956 -94.297536267193 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 Cliff Ivy Southside flower bed. Lady was nectaring recently planted blanket flowers. More...
2019-03-13 05:00:00 33.130832 -116.30355800000001 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 100 0 mariposa Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Location precision: estimated within a 5 km radius. We went through Anza-Borrego on March 13th, and they were noticeable and fairly abundant. Go Painted Ladies. Good luck. Observed by LynnJP, Daily Kos. More...
2007-07-01 12:00:00 40.8424 -72.5716 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 200 0.0 15 archive Type of Sighting: Presumably migrating individuals. Our 10.5 acre property -- which includes wooded upland, a small meadow and extensive wetlands -- faces east on Weesuck Creek and Shinnecock Bay on the south shore of Long Island. More...
2016-10-09 15:51:00 36.12189167 -97.06923617000001 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma. Location precision: not recorded. Observed by mirandak, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4304805 More...

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