Butterfly Observations

E.g., Friday, March 29, 2024
E.g., Friday, March 29, 2024
E.g., Friday, March 29, 2024
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Date and Time Latitude Longitudesort ascending Species Type Number Observed Flight Direction (Degrees) Wind Direction (Degrees) Wind Speed Observed By Description/Notes
2019-05-22 16:11:00 43.16174830000001 -70.64825810000002 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 50 0 mariposa York, Maine. Location precision: estimated within a 5 km radius. Observed by Judy Goodell. "I read about your study in Xerces Society Gardening With Butterflies book today. I am forwarding photos taken in my yard on May 22 at 11:11 AM. More...
2012-08-23 15:00:00 42.701674597642 -70.775217745463 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 100 225.0 270.0 10 Chaffee Monell Observed steady stream of Painted Ladies heading southward along upper margins of beach, where dune grass begins. Approximately 1 per minute. None appeared in groups. None stopped, though mustard flowers were available & Cabbage butterflies were using them. More...
2010-05-05 12:00:00 42.767 -70.846 American lady Migrating individual(s) 4 0.0 archive Red Admirals and American Ladies coming through our yard! Today 5/5/ at least 8 Red Admirals flew through, moving north. And there are some which are hanging around the nettles. In addition, at least 4 American Ladies were either moving north or handing around. More...
2010-05-05 12:00:00 42.77 -70.85 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 8 0.0 archive Red Admirals and American Ladies coming through our yard! Today 5/5/ at least 8 Red Admirals flew through, moving north. And there are some which are hanging around the nettles. In addition, at least 4 American Ladies were either moving north or handing around. More...
2010-05-04 12:00:00 42.77 -70.85 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 5 0.0 archive Red Admirals and American Ladies coming through our yard! Today 5/5/ at least 8 Red Admirals flew through, moving north. And there are some which are hanging around the nettles. In addition, at least 4 American Ladies were either moving north or handing around. More...
2009-05-02 12:00:00 42.98 -70.95 American lady 3 archive Observer: H. Zirlin. More...
2010-06-28 12:00:00 41.513 -70.992 Red admiral 4 archive Subject: [MassLep] notable sightings south dartmouth. Many butterflies sighted over the last few days. Most notably have been the numbers of fresh Red Admirals. They are everywhere you look! This morning at Barneys Joy in Dartmouth I had: Monarch 2, Red Admiral 4. More...
2002-05-05 12:00:00 42.02 -71.01 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 1 archive Observer: "Don" More...
2010-06-28 12:00:00 41.507 -71.023 Red admiral 6 archive Subject: [MassLep] notable sightings south dartmouth. Many butterflies sighted over the last few days. Most notably have been the numbers of fresh Red Admirals. They are everywhere you look! This morning at Barneys Joy in Dartmouth I had: Monarch 2, Red Admiral 4. More...
2007-05-10 12:00:00 43.222 -71.042 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 1 archive Type of sighting: first sighting of the year; single female repeatedly ovipositing on Pussy Toes (Antennaria sp.) in my garden. Location: my yard, town of Barrington, Strafford County, southeastern New Hampshire, Zip Code 03825. More...
2002-05-17 12:00:00 42.54 -71.11 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive No description. More...
2010-06-07 10:28:00 42.2805 -71.1301 Red admiral 1 0.0 archive No description. More...
2017-07-31 05:00:00 42.37536 -71.17909500000002 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 270.0 4 mariposa American Lady on Verbena bonariensis in Watertown, Massachusetts garden setting. 83 F, wind from the west, 4 mph. Location precision: 186m radius. Observation by mcdunn, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9221084 More...
2017-05-06 22:00:00 42.37536 -71.17909500000002 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 157.5 16 mariposa Watertown, Massachusetts. American Lady ovipositing on Pussytoes. Video taken can be seen at following link: https://flic.kr/p/21KxLjQ . Sunny, 68 F. Location precision: 186m radius. Observation by mcdunn, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. More...
2017-04-28 22:22:00 42.37536 -71.17909500000002 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 202.5 12 mariposa First Sighting of American Lady basking in the sun in my garden. 60 Standish Road, Watertown Massachusetts 02472. Location precision: 186m radius. Incidental survey, 5:21 - 5:24 p.m. EDT. 81 F/Sunny. Observation by mcdunn, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. More...
2010-05-15 12:00:00 46.8 -71.24 Red admiral 3 archive The Vulcans [red admirals] continue their advance towards the north-east: I just see two people [individuals] here [in] Bergeronnes May 17, 48d 14' N, 69d 32' W. Also, several people [individuals] on May 15 in Quebec. (Quebec City) Alex. More...
2010-05-07 17:41:00 46.88 -71.28 Red admiral 1 archive May 7: superfred22 reports on Fri, May 7th, 2010 5:41 pm A Vulcan yesterday, Charlesbourg More...
2010-05-15 12:00:00 46.878 -71.283 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 100 archive May 17: Throughout the weekend [includes May 15] and today, dozens of individuals in Charlesbourg. SuperFred More...
2010-05-17 12:00:00 46.878 -71.284 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 100 archive May 17: Throughout the weekend and today, dozens of individuals in Charlesbourg. SuperFred More...
2010-05-16 12:00:00 46.877 -71.284 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 100 archive May 17: Throughout the weekend [includes May 16] and today, dozens of individuals in Charlesbourg. SuperFred More...
2010-07-09 10:30:00 42.8375 -71.34945 Red admiral 2 315.0 20 archive No description. More...
2012-08-13 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...
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...
2012-08-11 15:00:00 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...
2012-08-19 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...
2012-08-23 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...
2012-08-26 15:17:00 42.619397 -71.361177 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 38 ed36 looks like mostly painted lady, a few american lady. some are smaller than others More...
2012-08-17 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...
2012-08-25 14:16:00 42.619397 -71.361177 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 38 ed36 looks like mostly painted lady, a few american lady. some are smaller than others More...
2012-08-15 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...
2007-06-30 12:00:00 41.29 -71.43 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 30 0.0 315.0 11 archive I was sailing the week June 30 to Block Island, RI from S. Dartmouth, MA. We sailed past probably 30 red admiral butterflies in flight heading north against a northwesterly wind of 10 knots. They were between the Sakonnet River in Rhode Island and Block Island, RI. More...
2007-05-31 12:00:00 46.7442 -71.4564 Red admiral 0 archive Bonjour! Moi je ne l'ai pas encore vu, mais ma fille Pascale en a vu un le 31 mai sur l'asclépiade à St-Augustin-de-Desmaures. Ça va être une grosse année pour ce papillon ! [Hello. More...
2007-07-01 12:00:00 41.2 -71.56 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 0 0.0 archive I was sailing the week June 30 to Block Island, RI from S. Dartmouth, MA. We sailed past probably 30 red admiral butterflies in flight heading north against a northwesterly wind of 10 knots. They were between the Sakonnet River in Rhode Island and Block Island, RI. More...
2007-06-30 12:00:00 41.17 -71.56 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 0 0.0 archive I was sailing the week June 30 to Block Island, RI from S. Dartmouth, MA. We sailed past probably 30 red admiral butterflies in flight heading north against a northwesterly wind of 10 knots. They were between the Sakonnet River in Rhode Island and Block Island, RI. More...
2010-05-09 12:00:00 42.183 -71.709 Red admiral 9 archive A very cold, windy morning, but Wendy Miller, Marvin St Onge, and I observed: Clouded Sulphur, 4; American Copper, 4; Pearl Crescent, 9; Red Admiral, 9; Juvenal's Duskywing, 5; Dreamy Duskywing, 2. Dolores Price, [Dauphinais Park], Grafton, MA More...
2017-09-24 13:15:00 41.345048 -71.710059 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 12 Sam Anderson We saw a large group of painted ladies on one of our Butterfly bushes today More...
2010-06-29 10:15:00 42.359 -71.728 American lady 1 archive Subject: [MassLep] Tower Hill Botanic Garden- Boylston ,MA. Butterfly sightings during a Tower Hill Botanic Garden walk today between 10:15 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. are as follows: American Lady 1, Red Admiral 2, Monarch 1. Wendy Miller, Boylston,MA More...
2010-06-29 10:15:00 42.359 -71.728 Red admiral 2 archive Subject: [MassLep] Tower Hill Botanic Garden- Boylston ,MA. Butterfly sightings during a Tower Hill Botanic Garden walk today between 10:15 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. are as follows: American Lady 1, Red Admiral 2, Monarch 1. Wendy Miller, Boylston,MA More...
2017-11-04 20:20:00 41.601210956134 -71.889031285736 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 brian_williams Continuing butterfly here, confirmed v. cardui now. More...
2006-11-18 12:00:00 41.036 -71.955 American lady 1 archive Observer: R. Kelly. More...
2008-05-13 11:15:00 46.3269 -71.9599 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 2 270.0 archive I would like to submit my first observation of a Vanessa atalanta for 2008. Date = 13.v.2008, Hour = 11h15. Locality = Manseau, Québec, Canada. Coordinates = 46,326902 ° N, 071,959895° W. Altitude = 104 meters. Observation of two specimens at 5 minutes of interval flying west direction. More...
2010-05-05 12:00:00 46.369 -72.002 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 100 45.0 archive [Sent May 11, 2010] Here in center Québec (Manseau) I observed a great number of V. atalanta since a week or more. They are nearly everywhere and they are flying in a SW-NE direction most of the time. More...
2010-08-26 05:00:00 41.530053086573 -72.070036007787 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 292.5 3 mariposa Amy Allan, Norwich, Connecticut (New London County), 41.53 N, 72.07 W Hi, I have never reported a butterfly sighting before. I was looking for information on a new butterfly I saw in my yard yesterday and found your project website. 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...
2018-09-04 19:20:00 41.1523202 -72.251191 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 0 orientpoint found on butterfly bush More...
2018-08-29 21:48:00 41.1523202 -72.251191 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 0 0 orientpoint Painted Ladies are a ubiquitous butterfly in Orient, NY but this year 0 have been sighted. More...
2003-10-14 12:00:00 41.265 -72.556 American lady 0 archive It was a blustery day at Hammonasset State Park--temp around 60, but felt colder with the wind. Still saw 20-25 Monarchs. Most were in the butterfly garden, a few flying aimlessly about, a few seemed to be taking a run at Long Island Sound. More...
2015-07-10 19:35:00 40.816521349426 -72.559881209035 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 100 0.0 0.0 Davebermd Large numbers of Red Admirals flying off the ocean against a northerly breeze 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...
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...

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