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
2017-05-26 20:57:00 35.115628 -106.64210170000001 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 200 0 mariposa Albuquerque, New Mexico. The linden tree (Tilia americana) has hundreds of these butterflies all over it. Also honey bees and carpenter bees. The tree is covered. As I approach, often they fly further up the tree. Sometimes they circle each other. More...
2003-09-23 12:00:00 42.35 -85.74 Painted lady 1 archive No description. More...
2007-06-06 13:30:00 43.39 -83.5 Red admiral 2 67.5 2 archive No description. More...
2017-09-10 05:00:00 45.1385798 -90.3401404 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 2 mariposa From Wisconsin Butterflies: Medford, Wisconsin, accuracy 4 km More...
2003-10-07 12:00:00 43.33 -87.931 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 3 180.0 15 archive 12-15 Red Admiral butterflies in a patch of wildflowers in an electric power line right-of-way. Still there at 2:00 PM CDT. Regarding my email earlier today regarding the Red Admiral butterflies, 3 or 4 were present at 3:00 PM. More...
2012-03-24 23:17:00 42.027900733129 -93.645865380504 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 3 0.0 mariposa Iowa State University, Ames. First Red Admiral of the season. Territory on west side of Catt Hall. Butterfly small, partly worn. Two intruders also arrived at 18:21 CDT. Mostly sunny, north wind, 15% cumulus. More...
2019-05-16 05:00:00 43.996591 -77.71920499999999 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 21 0 Donald Davis Wow! Karen Anderson reported from Presqu'ile Provincial Park on May 16th: "Finally my first Painted Lady of 2019 - May 16 2019 at Presqu'ile Provincial Park. Also saw 21 American Lady Butterflies and 48 Red Admirals." [Location precision: within a 3 km radius] More...
2005-11-13 12:00:00 28.47 -81.76 American lady 1 archive Observers: B. and L. Atherton, B. Bindschadler, N. Prine, and B. Roper. More...
2010-04-18 12:00:00 41.81 -91.49 Red admiral 2 archive 2 on 4/18/10 near Solon, Johnson County. More...
2017-04-18 23:28:00 37.67845703 -122.4225576 West coast lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa San Mateo County, California. Location precision: 8m radius. Observation by kestrel, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5845819 More...
2004-07-10 12:00:00 42.35 -85.74 Red admiral 1 archive No description. More...
2007-04-28 12:00:00 41.75 -91.5 Red admiral 40 archive I saw the following today around Johnson County [editor: point selected, northern Johnson Co., south of Solon and Lake McBride (41.7505 N, -91.5007 W; GNIS database interactive with Google Map)]. Seems like the Red Admirals have arrived in good numbers. More...
2017-09-12 15:50:00 44.765569714106 -92.921746545807 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 33 mariposa Observed and photographed by John Shier. Also posted with photo to iNaturalist at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8024995 . "The painted lady was photographed yesterday [September 12]. More...
2001-04-08 12:00:00 40.421 -86.876 Red admiral 1 archive Dear Royce, I have been seeing red admirals here, there was one in Lafayette, Indiana on April 8. But did it migrate here? I thought they lived here year-round. ?? Don't they overwinter here? Thanks, Liz More...
2012-06-29 05:00:00 48.493018404133 -123.34667081615 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 157.5 9 Donald Davis (Annie Pang) Friday June 29, on Mt. Douglas near summit in Gordon Head, Victoria, B.C.: 1 Red Admiral 2 Pale Swallowtails The Red Admiral landed long enough to confirm ID but I couldn't get a shot as it chased off one of the Pales and then took off. More...
2019-08-26 05:00:00 46.65900971266679 -53.07445764541626 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 4 0 Donald Davis Cape Race/Cape Race Lighthouse, Newfoundland. Observation by Jeff Harrison, nf.insects Newsgroup. Location precision: estimated within a 300m radius. "Weather has been very poor of late with low temperatures and an extraordinary amount of fog. More...
2012-08-11 21:11:00 35.335093104748 -94.297563089289 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 1 Cliff Ivy Sunny hot. Flower bed. Painted lady was nectaring lantana. More...
2019-03-12 21:47:00 35.91883861 -116.68320440000002 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 10 0 mariposa Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California. Location precision: within a 5m radius. Observed by lonnyholmes, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/21190637 More...
2005-06-11 12:00:00 39.501 -119.8445 Painted lady 500 archive Hundreds and hundreds of Painted Ladies sighted in our garden on Saturday, June 11 through Monday, June 13 with fewer on Tuesday, June 14 and then none seen from Wednesday, June 15 until this morning, June 20. More...
2016-11-14 15:50:00 30.19848947 -98.11387020000001 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Dripping Springs, Hays County, Texas. Location precision: within 15m radius. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4570873 More...
2004-11-28 12:00:00 26.3017 -98.1624 Painted lady 1 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, Hidalgo Co., Texas. More...
2007-05-29 12:00:00 44.8919 -63.8291 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive Subject: RE: Red Admiral From: "d.bridgehouse" Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 12:44:17 -0300 Lepsters - Interesting question Peter - I too had a Red Admiral at Mt Uniacke 29-May -07 a female and it was very dull in color and rather tatty in condition and appearance. More...
2017-09-27 05:00:00 45.560451878119 -73.558874270935 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 200 Donald Davis Yesterday Max Larrivee counted 11 monarchs and 200 painted ladies primarily in the tropical milkweed area of the Botanical Gardens adjacent to the Insectarium in Montreal. Reported to e-butterfly.org. [Accuracy: 250 m radius] More...
2019-05-16 16:45:00 41.234332 -95.91649699999999 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0.0 6 mariposa Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha, Nebraska. Location precision: not recorded. It was flying by but definitely a red admiral. no picture. Survey from 10:40 a.m. to 12:50 p.m. Temperature, 83 F. Observed by langabee, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. More...
2001-06-20 12:00:00 43.78 -79.25 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 1 archive No description. More...
2012-11-30 18:29:00 35.335075599931 -94.297514809522 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 Cliff Ivy Sunny warm. Painted lady nectaring hen bit at lawn edge. Damaged left forewing. More...
2015-10-17 20:13:00 35.822515 -106.20219800000001 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa White Rock, New Mexico. Location precision: estimated within a 2 km radius. Observed by Bob Rossow (shared with photos by e-mail). More...
2005-08-24 12:00:00 29.31 -94.7915 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 1 archive Hi! Saw your website while I was looking for information on the Painted Lady. Saw my first Painted Lady yesterday at Pier 19 on Galveston Bay, Galveston Island, Texas. More...
2010-05-05 12:00:00 39.5119 -79.3012 Red admiral 0 archive Many Admirals in Western Maryland after almost none last year. Painted ladies laying eggs today. More...
2016-10-27 16:12:00 30.18639333 -97.873605 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, 4801 La Crosse Ave, Austin, Texas. Location precision: within a 220m radius. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4446923 More...
2006-05-28 12:00:00 25.604 -80.322 Red admiral 1 archive Observers: D. Powell and B. Ahern. USGS Perrine (FL) Topo Map. More...
2016-04-12 22:49:00 42.025693120553 -93.645012438316 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 4 180.0 10 mariposa Between 5:15 and 6:00 p.m. CDT, I found three Red Admirals holding territories on or near the west side of Catt Hall, and one on the porch roof of the Sloss House, both at Iowa State University. More...
2019-06-05 01:03:00 42.0249746 -93.6476296 Red admiral 112 10 mariposa One of three contesting for a territory in this particular spot. Many more small Red Admirals have arrived in central Iowa during the past week. More...
2002-03-23 12:00:00 36.79 -80.38 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 0 archive No description. More...
2005-06-10 12:00:00 49.42 -108.82 Painted lady 0 archive There seems to be a good influx of these butterflies in Saskatchewan this spring. There were common at Eastend (in southwest SK) on the weekend of June 10 and one person said they had driven through a cloud of them on a highway heading south to Eastend. More...
2010-05-14 16:36:00 43.04095 -76.406944 Red admiral 1 archive No description. More...
2016-05-22 21:54:00 39.61902 -84.09564999999998 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa At Sugarcreek Reserve, Bellbrook, Ohio, 45305. Location precision: not recorded. Observed by smwhite, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3286441 More...
2008-04-20 14:00:00 40.77 -82.26 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 202.5 15 archive Sunday April 20, 2008 I spotted a Red Admiral flying around and landing on Nettles depositing eggs....I observed the Red Ad butterfly in my back yard in Hayesville, OH 44838. We have many nettle patches on our property. More...
2017-10-25 05:00:00 46.932419791147 -56.327057714841 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 Donald Davis [Dan Kultur, St. Pierre et Miquelon] Une journée à allure d'été un 25 octobre et les belle-dames jouent les prolongations. (A summer-like day on October 25 and the painted ladies play overtime.) [Accuracy: within a 25 km radius] More...
2001-02-26 12:00:00 35.4572 -78.9121 American lady 1 archive Superintendent's residence, Raven Rock State Park. Observer: PCH. More...
2016-05-30 22:00:00 40.311834406071 -121.00360474131 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 kmbovee No description. More...
41.234332 -95.916497 Red admiral 6 17 mariposa Started out with sprinkles then sunny. More...
2002-07-04 12:00:00 35.96 -78.94 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive No description. More...
2012-05-04 05:00:00 39.993525647615 -74.787830406885 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 mariposa <p>Ann Dee, Mt. Holly, New Jersey, ca. 39.993 N, 74.788 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...
2019-04-07 16:41:00 36.40631333 -116.29425000000003 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Pahrump, Nevada. Location precision: within a 3m radius. This Painted Lady's wings were so worn that it couldn,t even fly any more. Observed by coreyjlange, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/22218618 More...
2003-09-14 12:00:00 38.71 -90.71 Painted lady 0 archive Observers: J. Ziebol, Y. Homeyer. More...
2010-05-14 16:00:00 42.94544 -76.39272 Red admiral 1 archive 1st sighting of red admirals was Friday May 14 afternoon about 4 p.m. One seen, warm clear afternoon. In Skaneateles NY 13152 (N42.94544 W76.39272). Just flying around, didn't appear to be heading anywhere. More...
2016-03-25 05:00:00 37.360627 -88.919221 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Heron Pond Preserve, Johnson County, Illinois. Location precision: not recorded. Observed by jennings85, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2869529 More...
2018-04-28 18:00:00 34.5822101 -80.23352549999998 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 2 0 mariposa [Chris Talkington, CarolinaLeps] Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge, April 28, 2018, 9:30-9:45 am and 11:50 am - 3:20 pm. .... Weather could not have been better....American Lady 2.... Location precision: 460 m radius.] More...
2006-11-19 12:00:00 34.457 -119.71 West coast lady 3 archive Observer: M. Diederich. More...

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