Butterfly Observations

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E.g., Saturday, April 20, 2024
E.g., Saturday, April 20, 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
2006-04-14 12:00:00 38.4 -95.25 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive Saw my first monarch of the season after lunch today near Richmond, Kansas and sighted four more through the day which is very unusual this time of year. All were faded and ragged. Most were around my lilac bushes which are in full bloom. More...
2019-04-19 15:09:00 36.20184971 -115.99630689999998 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 3 0 mariposa Pahrump, Nevada. Location precision: within a 30m radius. Temperature, 80 F; calm. Observed by lonnyholmes, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/22766592 More...
2003-11-06 12:00:00 33.27 -108.87 Painted lady 9 archive Observer: C. Rustay. More...
2003-10-19 19:48:00 29.832097 -94.74759599999999 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Photographed on the J. J. Mayes Wildlife Trace, Wallisville, Chambers County, Texas. Location precision: within a 229m radius. Observed by paulines, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4874930 More...
2007-05-12 12:00:00 40.714 -74.006 American lady 1 archive No description. More...
2017-08-08 18:38:00 42.926455 -88.03353049999998 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Whitnall Park, Franklin, Wisconsin. Sunny. Observation by patriciafojut, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. Location precision: not recorded. Photo: https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/9630259/medium.jpg?1502235127 More...
2007-05-07 12:00:00 43.6844 -79.5019 Red admiral 0 archive Bob Yukich wrote: Yesterday, May 7, I had an early Silvery Blue at Eglinton Flats in the west end of Toronto. Also saw 8 Grapevine Epimenis (a moth) at the same location. Red Admirals and American Ladies are becoming more frequent. Cheers, Bob Yukich More...
2017-07-09 05:00:00 51.935337 -112.981127 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 Donald Davis Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park, Elnora, Alberta [From the 9 July 2017 Dry Island Butterfly Count, Charles Bird, Compiler] High temperature 30 C with light overcast intermixed with clear skies. Accuracy of position: ca. 1200 m. More...
2015-05-08 05:00:00 54.331462 -110.480273 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0.0 6 Donald Davis Alberta Butterfly Roundup, compiled by John Acorn, updated August 1, 2015. Red Admiral; Ardmore; May 8, 2015; M. Langlois. More...
2019-05-02 12:57:00 36.12721859 -115.474221 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Clark County, Nevada. Location precision: within a 13m radius. Temperature: 68 F. Observed by lonnyholmes, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/24454939 More...
2001-07-15 10:30:00 49.6267 -110.2533 Painted lady 13 5 archive 10:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Approximately 1 mile north of the park's southern boundry on Highway 41. NE Corner S6 T8 R2 W4. More...
2010-05-28 12:00:00 49.914 -97.546 Red admiral 2 archive Hello Dr. Royce Bitzer, We live at St. Francois Xavier, Manitoba. Donald Davis said you are looking for red admiral sightings. My husband saw two of them on May 28 and I saw one last night, May 31. Tannis More...
2018-06-30 21:24:00 46.20696092 -91.29356237000002 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa 43410 Kavanaugh Rd, Cable, Wisconsin. Location precision: within a 622m radius. Observed by happleman, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13933751 More...
2005-03-18 12:00:00 32.73 -113.76 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1000 archive Observer: C Ras. Hwy 8 between Casa Grande and Yuma, AZ. Painted Lady (migrating in large numbers with the highest concentrations were between mile markers 50 and 80). More...
2009-01-01 12:00:00 36.16 -86.85 Painted lady 1 0.0 4 archive Fed on zinnias. More...
2017-06-20 00:57:00 35.15514391 -106.78460899999999 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Albuquerque, New Mexico. Feeding on flowering hedge. This is the first one I've seen in awhile after the huge numbers over the Memorial Day weekend. Calm, sunny, and hot - high 90's. Location precision: not recorded (& Coordinates obscured). More...
2004-05-31 12:00:00 44.52 -69 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive I saw the first Red Admiral of the seaon in my yard in Swanville, Maine, on Monday 5/31/04. I have also been seeing many American Painted Ladies in the Belfast, Maine Area since the 2nd week in May. More...
2007-05-16 12:00:00 38.937 -77.282 American lady 0 archive Caterpillars in leaf nest of Pussytoes (Antennaria) More...
2017-09-08 22:30:00 27.578525 -97.791314999998 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 2 45.0 14 tito82x No description. More...
2006-04-28 12:00:00 41.3188 -72.1968 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 archive On Friday, April 28, 2006 I spotted my first American Painted Lady of the season. Not nectaring but flying from spot to spot low to the ground. More...
2013-05-20 05:00:00 42.032778166508 -82.595770246884 American lady First butterfly of the season 2 Donald Davis 2 American Lady - first of year, Monday 20 behind Shoeless Joes, Seacliff Dr. E., Leamington, Ontario. More...
2019-05-11 05:00:00 43.994452454914644 -77.69672918433855 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 293 0 Donald Davis Presqu'ile Provincial Park, my favorite park, on north shore of Lake Ontario opposite Rochester, New York. More...
2010-04-18 12:00:00 43.1402 -87.9249 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive Judith Huf, Location: Kletzsch Park, Glendale, Milwaukee County. I was surprised to find such an early Red Admiral, especially since I haven't even seen so much as a Mourning Cloak here in Milwaukee County this year despite the warm weather we've been having. More...
2011-05-12 18:50:00 42.34965600178027 -85.73951267904704 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa We had an American Lady on 5/12/11 at 1:50 pm at Sand Creek Preserve, Alamo township, Kalamazoo county, Michigan. Not in directional flight. Observed by Ilse Gebhard. Location precision: within a 500m radius. More...
2005-04-18 12:00:00 44.11 -89.19 Red admiral 1 archive Observer: M. Reese. Central Washara County, USGS Spring Lake Quadrangle. More...
2010-04-17 12:00:00 42.07465 -93.96229 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 315.0 8 archive Observed 1 individual in yard. More...
2017-04-14 22:58:00 37.45143 -122.39184499999999 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Burleigh H. Murray Ranch Park, Half Moon Bay, California. Location precision: not recorded. Observation by rebeccafay, Vanessa Migration Project, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5710210 More...
2004-05-30 17:54:00 42.0267 -93.6458 Red admiral 23 292.5 30 archive Survey of territories, Iowa State University campus, route 2. 90% stratocumulus overcast; had been partly sunny ca. 5 p.m. Strong WNW wind; small to large branches move. 20.6 C - 20.2 C. More...
2007-06-25 12:00:00 43.0685 -88.2521 Red admiral 5000 archive There is currently a HUGE population of Red Admiral butterflies in Pewaukee, WI. The intersection of Hwy T and Hwy SS seems to be close to the most densely populated area. The cars have to slow down on Hwy SS as they drive through swarms of these butterflies. More...
2017-09-17 18:20:00 39.7281257 -104.9329603 Painted lady First butterfly of the season, Migrating individual(s), Presence of butterfly in your area 100 Karhamilton 100s of painted ladies throughout Denver Colorado metro area. Temperature in 70s 1-5 mph wind speed ESE. First noticed 9/16/2017 which was a cool day in the 60s following a cold front and a night windy at times. Cannot discern a flight direction. More...
2006-05-08 12:00:00 43.742 -79.373 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive We had our first Red Admiral in our back yard here in Toronto 05-08-06. More...
2012-07-08 05:00:00 47.686889090958 -59.27577521286 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 2 Donald Davis (Greg Pohl) Excuse the late addition to the thread on questionmark butterflies... I've just returned from travelling in Newfoundland, where I photographed this one on July 3, right in the reconstructed viking compound at L'Anse Aux Meadows, on the extreme northwestern tip of Newfoundland. More...
2005-10-09 12:00:00 38.437 -90.667 Painted lady 8 archive Observers: Y. Homeyer, J. Moe, D. Bozzay. More...
2012-08-21 21:00:00 42.619397 -71.361177 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 60 ed36 large flock feeding on a row of butterfly bushes and a garden of zinnias. they stay during most of the daylight hours, and leave at dusk More...
2019-03-07 18:53:00 36.43891826 -115.35944030000002 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Corn Creek, Desert National Wildlife Refuge, Clark County, Nevada. Location precision: within a 3m radius. Observed by lonnyholmes, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/21067082 More...
2005-06-23 12:00:00 51.05 -114.083 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 22.5 35 archive No migration observed - no individuals observed by either of us. Lynn Vogt and John Riddell More...
2010-04-21 13:40:00 43.39 -83.54 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 45.0 7 archive The first one in two years,Perched More...
2017-02-22 17:51:00 30.51677833 -97.54609667 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Hutto, Texas 78634. Location precision: not recorded. Basking, spiral guarding sunny spot of mud. Observed by marillionjade24, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5160626 More...
2004-12-09 12:00:00 29.067 -97.3336 Painted lady 3 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...
2017-09-20 17:00:00 44.2331566 -76.5076186 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 100 Donald Davis [John Poland] Yesterday, Wednesday 20 Sept. I noticed at midday a sudden influx of 8 painted ladies in my garden . When I called in at Churchill Park in central Kingston which has annual flower beds I counted over 100. It seems we had this swarm all over this area but no other migrants. More...
2001-03-26 12:00:00 30.5669 -95.1669 American lady 6 archive Observers: D. Muschalek and R. Thacker. Coordinates are for the centroid of San Jacinto County. More...
2019-10-15 18:35:00 45.55790112586828 -73.56344770793783 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 20 0 Donald Davis Jardin Botanique, Montréal, Québec H1X 2B6, Canada. Location precision: estimated within a 25m radius. Reported by Maxim Larrivée. More...
2005-06-11 12:00:00 43.78 -79.25 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 1 archive No description. More...
2012-11-02 20:32:00 35.3033057 -94.336638499997 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 Cliff Ivy Sunny warm afternoon. Butterfly garden. Painted lady was nectaring Mexican heather. More...
2005-08-14 14:30:00 43.1576 -87.9144 Red admiral 1 45.0 9 archive where: Bayside Garden Center, 400 E Brown Deer Rd., Glendale, WI 53217, Milwaukee County. when: August 14, 2005 (2:30 PM, Central Daylight Time). what: single individual, visiting flowers (black-eyed susans) More...
2016-12-02 18:07:00 30.19865638 -98.11405938999997 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Dripping Springs, Hays County, Texas. Location precision: within a 30m radius. With some colder and wetter weather heading this way thought I'd document a few December butterfly records before they mostly disappear. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. More...
2007-07-07 12:00:00 43.63 -84.26 Red admiral 4 270.0 3 archive No description. More...
2017-09-25 20:30:00 43.0295056 -76.1986518 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 8 efrog22 7 on mint flowers, 1 on tall boneset flowers; temp mid- to upper 80s More...
2005-07-28 12:00:00 42.526 -90.421 American lady 0 archive Hardscrabble Prairie State Natural Area More...
2016-03-20 08:00:00 37.774774 -120.776452 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 4 debbiekopilow No description. More...

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