Butterfly Observations

E.g., Tuesday, April 23, 2024
E.g., Tuesday, April 23, 2024
E.g., Tuesday, April 23, 2024
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Date and Timesort ascending Latitude Longitude Species Type Number Observed Flight Direction (Degrees) Wind Direction (Degrees) Wind Speed Observed By Description/Notes
2024-04-21 15:45:00 39.19360103781285 -94.56035617340011 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 0 EBrown Observed butterfly nectaring on pansies More...
2024-04-15 17:47:00 40.06541 -86.47958 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 2 0.0 180.0 1 Recycled Hoosier Two Red Admirals, observed while both landed on flowering crab tree blossoms More...
2024-04-09 08:20:00 42.29933235627568 -83.42454154283003 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 0 Brenda Sattler She was laying eggs on my Pearly Everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea). More...
2024-04-08 19:00:00 41.91805067227454 -88.41954054371165 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 60 180.0 1 Tim Observed 60+ Red Admirals from the size of a dime to the size of a half dollar...They have been here for almost 2 weeks, particularly liking the Henbit purple flowers, Location is Oak Hills Ct, Campton Hills IL More...
2024-04-08 07:00:00 42.29943670027707 -83.42446804046631 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 0 Brenda Sattler No description. More...
2024-03-30 18:15:00 42.02455732672923 -88.78766548655653 Red admiral First butterfly of the season, Presence of butterfly in your area 6 270.0 90.0 4 JackPizzo 40 acres of restored prairie and wetland with native landscape. This is the 15th year they have come back. More...
2024-02-26 06:00:00 35.81557 -78.7259 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 0 mariposa Observation by John Hendrix, Carl Alwin Schenck Memorial Forest, CarolinaLeps newsgroup. "...Red Admiral- 1. The weather was phenomenal today with mostly sunny skies and 70 degrees! Good Butterflying, John More...
2024-02-02 21:00:00 33.94949 -80.65579 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 0 mariposa Carolina Leps newsgroup; Wateree Heritage Preserve/Wildlife Management Area, Richland County, South Carolina, USA. "Today on a whim, Dave and I went to Wateree River HP in Richland County to see if anything was flying. More...
2023-12-21 19:30:00 38.33330361189611 -123.04857876206579 West coast lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 Lisahug nectaring on German Ivy. have photo, submitted to BAMONA. saw more "ladies" in flight during day but couldn't ID them to spceis. More...
2023-11-25 17:00:00 27.509790769902168 -97.8571638151848 American lady Migrating individual(s) 300 90.0 315.0 0 Kate Tillotson-... No description. More...
2023-11-17 06:00:00 33.862253 -78.004939 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 90.0 10 mariposa Susan Andrews, CarolinaLeps news group, posted 11/17/23. Bald Head Island, North Carolina. Of three locations, the Red Admiral was found among the lagoon shrubs behind the tennis courts. Wind speed and direction, 12:00 p.m. EST, from the Ventusky wind map. More...
2023-11-04 21:15:00 33.887729 -78.436446 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina The blue / purple lantana plantings lining the round-a-bout in front of the pier were swarming with butterflies from 4:00 pm to 4:30 pm today 11/4/23. More...
2023-09-02 19:08:00 42.18310350288839 -121.73010385197144 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 Naturetreker Landed on my leg More...
2023-08-19 15:40:00 53.28055375465559 -113.49897682271391 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 315.0 4 BellweatherKennels The Red Admiral was sunning on a fallen poplar branch the morning after a day of rain and cool overnight temperatures. More...
2023-08-07 16:45:00 32.79976 -79.9558 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Hampton Park, Charleston, South Carolina. Dennis Forsythe, CarolinaLeps, Mon. Aug. 7, 2023. Donna and I spent 1/2 hour (11:30-12:00 PM) and walked 300 m in the flower gardens at Hampton Park today. More...
2023-06-25 18:40:00 53.397222 -112.987222 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 Don Delaney 4 Near the hamlet of Warspite Alberta More...
2023-06-25 18:00:00 53.1553056 -112.987222 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 Don Delaney 4 Observed one Red Admiral near the hamlet of warspite Alberta More...
2023-06-22 16:30:00 53.397222 -113.819444 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1 0 Don Delaney 4 Observed one Painted Lady At the Wagner Natural Area west of Edmonton. More...
2023-06-22 15:40:00 53.397222 -113.819444 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 4 135.0 270.0 13 Don Delaney 4 I observed 4 Red Admirals while walking through a field at the Wagner natural area west of Edmonton, Alberta. More...
2023-06-14 01:22:00 53.28039869323675 -113.49895729696335 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 4 337.5 28 BellweatherKennels Observed four Painted Lady Butterflies in aerial combat over same location of first sighting of a claimed territory by a male on the 5th of June. I assume this is an indication of population density increase. More...
2023-06-12 20:11:00 53.28095388452132 -113.51687039594769 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 6 315.0 3 BellweatherKennels Saw six painted lady butterflies on Japanese lilac bushes on an abandoned farm yard site at the edge of Leduc, Alberta Canada. They were nectaring and the early wave of a migration, More...
2023-06-12 14:34:00 53.27989344766094 -113.5136067634888 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 315.0 3 BellweatherKennels Saw First Red Admiral of the season on blooms of Japanese lilac bushes of an abandoned farm yard site on the outskirts of Leduc, Alberta, Canada. I also saw six Painted Lady butterflies at the same time. More...
2023-06-08 00:18:00 53.28039995861559 -113.49896587720781 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 2 0 BellweatherKennels Painted Lady would patrol back and forth, roost at times, and on three occasions engaged in aerial sorties with a second Painted Lady. More...
2023-06-05 23:43:00 53.28221442099213 -113.49808972633768 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 1 5 BellweatherKennels This was the first date of a sighting that I was able to confirm as a Painted Lady butterfly. On the two previous days I suspected a brief sighting to be a Painted Lady butterfly, Vanessa cardui I took a photo of is sitting on a board in the sun. More...
2023-05-20 13:15:00 39.98314641993144 -120.91437572102495 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 20 0 kmbovee No description. More...
2023-05-16 05:00:00 34.330828 -77.989419 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 4 0 mariposa John Taggart, CarolinaLeps, New Hanover County, NC Butterflies, May 16, 2023. More...
2023-05-10 20:30:00 35.565953 -81.72272 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 17 0 mariposa South Mountains Game Land, Rutherford County, North Carolina. Posting by Will Stuart, Carolina Leps. "On my first stop I had 4 Red Admirals, an unexpectedly large number. I added 2 Red Admirals on my 2nd stop. More...
2023-05-07 16:48:00 42.026836815034656 -93.66028869665777 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 1 67.5 3 mariposa Ames, Iowa. One Red Admiral flying in a straight line toward azimuth 56 degrees - between northeast and east-northeast. Sunny, near-calm, 72 F/22 C. More...
2023-04-27 19:41:00 42.029210739690775 -91.58613279005166 Red admiral First butterfly of the season, Presence of butterfly in your area 1 270.0 202.5 4 debbieamj Appeared to be searching for nectar plants on the ground, ignored the peach blossoms in the tree nearby. More...
2023-04-24 20:20:00 41.7212062 -93.5897525 Red admiral First butterfly of the season, Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 pedenfamily Same butterfly has been hanging out in our yard for about 3 days More...
2023-04-18 20:00:00 41.24400837196895 -96.04881923905103 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 112.5 112.5 16 SRothe Flitted into view from the west, settled briefly. More...
2023-04-18 07:38:00 40.98656710030631 -90.38762790397087 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0.0 1 Rhonda Brady On the ground of a Monarch Waystation that had been burned off in March. This red admiral seemed to be exploring the tiny plants emerging from the ground. I have a photo. More...
2023-04-13 17:30:00 43.64631 -79.46564 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 90.0 225.0 19 Bob Yukich No description. More...
2023-04-12 18:15:00 42.304088 -85.64273 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 Ilse Gebhard Basking in the sun on the side of a tree More...
2023-04-10 21:07:00 42.06970956427691 -91.78427681825104 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 0 CindyZ No description. More...
2023-04-10 19:15:00 42.913032020724046 -85.72550296783447 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 292.5 2 Brad Ensing No description. More...
2023-04-08 21:00:00 43.3385 -91.8713 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 2 0 larsenkj No description. More...
2023-04-07 17:40:00 41.59999186875696 -93.73406410217285 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 1 0 lpeters At Earl May nectaring on pansies. More...
2023-04-07 17:00:00 41.826007 -88.310785 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 0 Batavia - IL It was sunning itself on side of house - dark brown stained wood & sitting on a hyacinth flower buds * I wish I could attach photo More...
2023-04-07 16:57:00 40.99871627636807 -90.48875556846652 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 202.5 1 Rhonda Brady Very Friendly, Flying around me as I turned compost. Settled on compost bin boards and nearby leaves. Hung around long enough for me to step into the house & grab a camera. Have Photso to document sighting. More...
2023-04-07 13:06:00 41.24403693793651 -96.04893923593588 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 157.5 6 SRothe Brief settle in residential garden. More...
2023-04-06 20:02:00 42.45 -85.32 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 0 butterflyqueen flitting about so fast on the ground More...
2022-11-16 06:00:00 35.606881 -77.366536 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Observation by Salman Abdulai, Carolinaleps newsgroup. East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. "I saw two butterflies on the ECU campus today. Cool (low to mid 50s) and sunny. Pitt County, 2022-11-16." (PAINTED LADY, 1). More...
2022-11-10 21:33:00 35.676728324465365 -106.01817262456666 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 Naturalista Feeding on Salvia rosmarinus (Lamiaceae). There were multiple hard freezes in the preceding weeks, but days have been warm. More...
2022-11-06 05:00:00 35.639625 -77.360575 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 3 0 mariposa Observed by Salman Abdulali, Carolinaleps. Pitt County Arboretum, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. Latitude 35.639625, Longitude -77.360575, Accuracy within a 300m radius. More...
2022-11-05 19:12:00 32.656927 -79.945579 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Observed by Dennis M. Forsythe, CarolinaLeps newsgroup posting. Folly Beach Community Garden, Folly Beach, South Carolina, USA. 2:10 - 2:15 p.m. Latitude 32.656927, Longitude 79.945579, Accuracy: within a 40m radius. More...
2022-10-27 21:04:00 36.77191884601533 -90.45762523009726 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 3 67.5 7 tsage 3 individuals on asters More...
2022-10-19 20:00:00 36.77194610528299 -90.45766888465701 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 225.0 12 tsage 58*F, sunny, SW wind @ 10-15. Nectaring asters. Different individual from yesterday’s observation. Smaller and paler. More...
2022-10-19 17:21:00 35.676728324465365 -106.01817262456666 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 2 0 Naturalista Feeding on garden marigold (Asteraceae/Tagetes). Nights were near freezing. Days were warm. A forewing of one individual was very worn. More...
2022-10-18 20:30:00 36.77170115958213 -90.45770287513733 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 315.0 9 tsage Nectaring asters More...

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