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 Longitudesort descending Species Type Number Observed Flight Direction (Degrees) Wind Direction (Degrees) Wind Speed Observed By Description/Notes
2009-03-29 14:23:00 37.429 -121.804 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1 315.0 5 archive Pacific Daylight time. Open grassy slope. Breeze variable from 0 to 10 mph, out of the west to northwest. More...
2009-03-29 14:28:00 37.429 -121.804 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1 337.5 5 archive Pacific Daylight time. Open grassy slope. Breeze variable from 0 to 10 mph, out of the west to northwest. More...
2009-03-29 14:26:00 37.429 -121.804 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1 270.0 5 archive Pacific Daylight time. Open grassy slope. Breeze variable from 0 to 10 mph, out of the west to northwest. More...
2009-03-29 14:23:00 37.429 -121.804 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1 292.5 5 archive Pacific Daylight time. Open grassy slope. Breeze variable from 0 to 10 mph, out of the west to northwest. More...
2009-03-29 14:28:00 37.429 -121.804 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1 337.5 5 archive Pacific Daylight time. Open grassy slope. Breeze variable from 0 to 10 mph, out of the west to northwest. More...
2009-03-29 14:26:00 37.429 -121.804 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1 270.0 5 archive Pacific Daylight time. Open grassy slope. Breeze variable from 0 to 10 mph, out of the west to northwest. More...
2009-03-29 14:29:00 37.429 -121.804 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1 337.5 5 archive Pacific Daylight time. Open grassy slope. Breeze variable from 0 to 10 mph, out of the west to northwest. More...
2009-03-29 14:23:00 37.429 -121.804 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1 337.5 5 archive Pacific Daylight time. Open grassy slope. Breeze variable from 0 to 10 mph, out of the west to northwest. More...
2009-03-29 14:28:00 37.429 -121.804 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1 292.5 5 archive Pacific Daylight time. Open grassy slope. Breeze variable from 0 to 10 mph, out of the west to northwest. More...
2009-03-29 14:26:00 37.429 -121.804 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1 337.5 5 archive Pacific Daylight time. Open grassy slope. Breeze variable from 0 to 10 mph, out of the west to northwest. More...
2009-03-29 14:29:00 37.429 -121.804 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1 225.0 5 archive Pacific Daylight time. Open grassy slope. Breeze variable from 0 to 10 mph, out of the west to northwest. More...
2009-03-29 14:23:00 37.429 -121.804 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1 292.5 5 archive Pacific Daylight time. Open grassy slope. Breeze variable from 0 to 10 mph, out of the west to northwest. More...
2009-03-29 14:26:00 37.429 -121.804 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1 292.5 5 archive Pacific Daylight time. Open grassy slope. Breeze variable from 0 to 10 mph, out of the west to northwest. More...
2009-03-29 14:24:00 37.429 -121.804 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1 337.5 5 archive Pacific Daylight time. Open grassy slope. Breeze variable from 0 to 10 mph, out of the west to northwest. More...
2009-03-29 14:28:00 37.429 -121.804 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1 337.5 5 archive Pacific Daylight time. Open grassy slope. Breeze variable from 0 to 10 mph, out of the west to northwest. More...
2005-04-01 13:00:00 38.545 -121.737 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 500 315.0 22.5 5 archive The migration has been amazing! They are still on the move through this area as of yesterday [April 4]. I had a count of 30 - 50 individuals per minute over a approx 100 meter transect on March 31. It has slowed some as of yesterday but the numbers are still around 15-25 per minute. More...
2005-03-31 11:00:00 38.545 -121.737 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 600 337.5 180.0 8 archive The migration has been amazing! They are still on the move through this area as of yesterday. I had a count of 30 - 50 individuals per minute over a approx 100 meter transect on March 31. It has slowed some as of yesterday [April 4] but the numbers are still around 15-25 per minute. More...
2009-03-31 11:01:00 38.549 -121.737 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 200 315.0 0.0 7 archive 40/min More...
2005-03-28 10:00:00 38.545 -121.737 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1000 337.5 247.5 8 archive City of Davis , CA, 95616. Flight direction, North - northwest, 1000+ butterflies observed between 10:00 am and 3:00 pm Pacific Daylight Time. More...
2019-05-11 23:16:00 42.183208 -121.73011810000003 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 88 0.0 90.0 1 Naturetreker 88 individuals in 15 minutes. More...
2019-04-25 20:30:00 42.183208 -121.73011810000003 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 300 315.0 45.0 3 Naturetreker counted 300 individuals in 15 minutes. More...
2015-03-30 07:30:00 42.183208 -121.730118 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 100 0.0 270.0 1 Naturetreker flying from south to north 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...
2015-04-01 04:37:00 42.210687641913 -121.70628547156 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1 RonLarson Migration has been going for about 2 weeks. Most butterflies flying west about 6 feet high and fast More...
2019-04-25 01:00:00 42.21050183569384 -121.70575147966184 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 83 0.0 0 RonLarson On 4-24-19, my wife and I counted 83 painted ladies flying past us flying in a NW to NE direction over a 45 minute period. Most of them were single butterflies, but about 20% were pairs flying within 1 foot of each other. Most were flying at 4-5 feet in elevation. More...
2009-03-28 16:05:00 37.128 -121.679 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 70 0.0 0 archive Flight direction, North, 70 butterflies observed between 4:05 and 4:06 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time (in 60 seconds) on an east-west road. More...
2009-03-27 17:05:00 37.128 -121.679 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 135 0.0 0 archive 135 butterflies observed between 5:05 and 5:10 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time (yes, 135 butterflies in 5 minutes!!) The Painted Ladies have been coming by at this rate for just over a week - great! 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...
2019-03-17 22:20:00 37.025119 -121.56375700000001 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 50 22.5 0 mariposa Gilroy, California. Location precision: uncertain. Migrating painted ladies. 50 migrating north-northeast between 17:20 and 17:40 PDT. Clear, warm, light wind. Observed by avtanski, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/21343197 More...
2017-04-23 20:17:00 39.59116214 -121.547842 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Butte County, California. Location precision: 61m radius. Observation by kestrel, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5932852 More...
2005-04-03 12:00:00 38.5831 -121.4912 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 600 270.0 archive Observer: Jane Churchon. There are hundreds of Monarchs [probably Painted Ladies] -- seven or eight fly past, seeming to head west, every three or four minutes. More...
2005-04-01 12:00:00 38.58 -121.49 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 10000 0.0 archive First large migration observed in hills around Sonoma on 4/1/05, and was in progress from here to Sacramento (60 miles east, north east). thousands of individuals moving north over entire landscape. Stopped abruptly with hard winter rain storm on 4/3. More...
2005-03-28 12:00:00 38.58 -121.49 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 5000 315.0 archive Observer: Christine Lanbrecht. Many butterflies are crossing the court flying in a northwest direction. Approximately 20-30 butterflies are in view at any time. First noticed them at approximately 4:45 p.m. More...
2005-03-30 12:00:00 38.2322 -121.4876 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 archive Observer: Cindy Schmid. While sitting in road construction on I-5 North by Walnut Grove, we saw the Painted Lady migration! We were counting 15 Ladies per minute! More...
2005-04-03 14:00:00 37.1 -121.48 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 2100 22.5 202.5 3 archive Flight direction, North - northeast, approx. 10 butterflies butterflies per minute observed between 2:00 and 5:30 p.m. PST. Housing tract in Almaden are of San Jose, CA. More...
2005-04-01 12:00:00 37.9544 -121.4394 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 2000 0.0 archive Observer: Jacqui Mattera. My husband and I are retired and on April 1st of 05 we sat and watched all day as the Monarchs [Painted Ladies] flew steadily North! It was just delightful. Today [April 2?]at about 7 a.m. they started fluttering North again. More...
2015-04-21 07:10:00 42.467063619769 -121.43903016542 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 200 0.0 90.0 5 Naturetreker No description. More...
2001-04-30 12:00:00 38.5667 -121.42380000000003 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 100 0.0 0 archive Vanessa cardui, Painted Lady, is on the move in Sacramento up disturbed grassland along the American River at CSUS flying North (downstream). I am guessing that they fly up valleys, across passes and down the other side. More...
2005-07-12 12:00:00 61.87 -121.35 Painted lady 3 archive Hi, Royce, I just saw your note requesting information on the Painted Lady, in Ontario Insects, which I received today. I spent most of the summer in the Northwest Territories, so I missed most of the irruption of Painted Ladies. But not quite all! More...
2016-04-30 16:11:00 38.587934 -121.339585 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 Robin In my garden, fluttering about, landed on ground for a while; one ragged wing. Took photos. More...
2005-04-04 12:00:00 38.59 -121.3 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 400 337.5 archive Flight Direction: north to northwest. Numbers: hundreds an hour More...
2005-03-28 12:00:00 38.35 -121.3 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1000 0.0 225.0 archive Hope this helps! Steve. American River Parkway / Rio Americano High School, ZIP code, 95608. Hundreds if not thousands observed in a span of ten minutes. My daughter mentioned they were all over the school and sports fields during the day. More...
2005-04-01 12:00:00 37.96 -121.29 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1000 337.5 archive Painted Lady Migration. Flying SSE to NNW. Began to show up in large numbers about noon, migration continues at 4:00 p.m Weather is fair, low 70s. Saw large numbers in Bakersfield on Tuesday and Wednesday. Same pattern, weather overcast. More...
2005-03-30 12:00:00 38.4452 -121.2849 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 archive Observer: Robert Trent. More...
2005-04-01 10:00:00 37.83 -121.28 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 archive Observer: Michelle. Since Friday 4/1/05 approx. 10:00 a.m. we have been noticing continual stream of butterflies in the Tracy/Lathrop/Stockton area. We thought at first they were monarchs but after seeing one land outside the kitchen window, long enough to judge, it was definitely Painted Lady. More...
2009-03-28 12:00:00 36.26 -121.26 Painted lady 10000 archive Observers: N. and G. Arthur More...
2019-06-01 18:27:00 40.3062736 -121.23190979999998 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 500 45.0 90.0 5 kmbovee Nectaring on lilacs that have just started to bloom in Chester, California. Migrating painted ladies were observed flying down Main Street in town, and also across a 17 mile stretch of Highway 89 along the western edge of Lake Almanor. More...
2019-03-13 22:00:00 39.25615553080485 -121.21631613607497 West coast lady First butterfly of the season 2 0 David Adams I saw two Painted Ladies (probably West Coast Ladies) doing their "mating flight dance" this last Wednesday in my back yard here on 5 acres in Penn Valley, California (foothills in western Nevada County northeast of Sacramento). More...
2005-04-01 12:00:00 38.109 -121.1941 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 2000 0.0 archive Observer: Linda Jenkins. Thousands of young monarch [probably Painted Lady] butterflies heading north. More...
2005-03-31 12:00:00 38.6781 -121.175 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 0.0 archive Observer: Cindy Schmid. The Painted Lady migration is here in Folsom, CA! While hitting fly balls at the local park, we counted 10 Ladies per minute fluttering across the field, all coming from the south and heading north. More...

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