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 Speciessort descending Type Number Observed Flight Direction (Degrees) Wind Direction (Degrees) Wind Speed Observed By Description/Notes
2017-09-14 21:30:00 45.961581 -92.151668 20 mariposa Observed and photographed by C. J. Long. "Flowers were covered w/these when I approached at about 4:30p.m. on 9/14/2017." More...
200 mariposa There must of been thousands to start with. They are all over the flowers in our garden but the most were on the sedium. They floated in the air (very little breeze). We had put up a humming bird feeder and the painted ladies enjoyed that as well. More...
2017-09-20 22:15:39 41.21216817 -96.15515094 0 mariposa They seemed to disappear from my friends place where they were living the Russian Sage. Now it's only bumble bees and honey bees. No butterfly has been seen since Last weekend. More...
2017-09-12 15:50:00 44.765 -92.922 33 mariposa Observed and photographed by John Shier. "The painted lady was photographed yesterday [September 12]. This location is a "hot spot" for late butterflies as it has 10-15 acres with the late-blooming asters you see in the picture. I counted 33 painted ladies in an hour. More...
2017-09-16 17:50:00 42.030837 -93.647242 1 mariposa One butterfly nectaring on tall ironweed. More...
2019-03-14 17:49:00 33.43806010000001 -117.00878769999997 American lady Migrating individual(s) 20000 0.0 0 ryanch86 No description. More...
2019-04-15 05:00:00 41.6997103 -93.70744359999998 American lady First butterfly of the season, Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Camp Dodge, Johnston, Polk County, Iowa. Location precision: estimated within a 2 km radius. Observed by Harlan Ratcliff, Red Admiral and Painted Lady Butterfly Group: Hi, Royce. I saw an American lady today at Camp Dodge. First butterfly I was able to positively identify this year. More...
2011-01-30 06:00:00 34.275431 -77.93224299999997 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 0 mariposa I saw one American Lady in flight in my backyard (173 Yorktown Rd, Wilmington, North Carolina 28401) 500 yards from the northeast Cape Fear River on Sunday, January 30th. Location precision: estimated within a 50m radius. 65 F was the high. Observed by Matthew Collogan. More...
2019-05-20 18:52:00 41.8826637 -93.71901450000001 American lady Migrating individual(s), Presence of butterfly in your area 3 22.5 45.0 12 mariposa Wetland/prairie area, north side of the Heart of Iowa Trail, west side of X Avenue, Slater, Iowa. Location precision: within a 4m radius. Flying near the ground and then stopped to bask on a clump of dried prairie grass. One flying in a straight line, then basking; other two meandering. 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...
2019-04-22 18:30:00 42.08949 -91.50185099999999 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 6 180.0 6 Cammie Nectaring on dandelion More...
2019-07-20 05:00:00 35.723683 -78.68998199999999 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 5 0 mariposa North Carolina State University Agroecology Education Farm, Raleigh, North Carolina. Location precision: estimated within a 200m radius. Observed by Harry LeGrand, Carolinaleps Newsgroup. "I went back to the excellent NCSU Agro-ecology Farm garden this morning. More...
2011-05-11 05:00:00 36.071788 -78.86733900000002 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa The butterfly news at Penny's Bend Nature Preserve (Durham County, North Carolina) is pretty pedestrian: small numbers of silvery checkerspots, eastern tiger swallowtails, carolina satyrs, variegated fritillaries and an American Lady and a pearl crescent.  But Karl Gottschalk and I were surpris More...
2019-08-20 17:45:00 33.4575883 -80.7435059 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Orangeburg, South Carolina. Observed by Dennis Forsythe, CarolinaLeps Newsgroup. All, Donna and I spent from 12:45 until 3:30 PM and drove 7 mi at the Orangeburg Super Sod Farm. More...
2019-04-25 16:08:00 42.54182821 -99.72119106000002 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 0 mariposa Nebraska, US. Location (within 28 km) obscured by request of observer. Mostly sunny, light wind. Observed by allysond, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/23747936 More...
2022-10-16 21:49:00 36.57221985087083 -90.06712625871873 American lady Migrating individual(s), Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0.0 6 tsage Nectaring Frost Aster and Garden Mums. 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...
2020-01-01 23:28:00 35.26351122 -120.8716488 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Los Osos, California 93402, USA. Location precision: within a 44m radius. Observed by norabales, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37272498 More...
2019-05-07 17:50:00 34.2737512 -81.58593480000002 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Lynch's Woods Park, Newberry, South Carolina. Observed by Marty Kastner, Carolina Leps. "On Tuesday, Dave and I explored Lynch's Woods Park from 12:50-4:30 under mostly sunny skies with temps in the 70's to low 80's. We also saw an outbreak of Polygonia species. More...
2019-04-20 16:30:00 42.0580218 -87.6905213 American lady First butterfly of the season 2 0.0 14 ryanwc they've remained in the yard all morning, not heading anywhere. More...
2020-03-21 17:45:00 35.061871 -80.085332 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge, Anson County, North Carolina. Location precision: estimated within a 1000m radius. Observed by Mike Turner, CarolinaLeps Newsgroup. "Today I visited Pee Dee NWRfrom about 12:45 to 5 pm. Weather was sunny and 80 F. More...
2019-05-15 12:10:00 44.91519682429559 -93.32458584797041 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 Livewombat American Lady butterfly nectaring on dandelions next to the tennis courts in Pershing Park. More...
2012-10-09 19:28:00 35.345700725961 -94.295398777771 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 45.0 5 Cliff Ivy Cloudy cool. Arkansas river bank and wood edge. American lady was nectaring Boneset flowers for about 30 min. More...
2010-05-24 12:00:00 48.482 -89.304 American lady 0 archive My first sighting of an adult Monarch May 23 Thunder Bay Another one seen May 24 at my house First eggs on my milkweeds June 2. Lots of Red Admirals and American Painted Ladies this spring. Nick (Nick Escott) More...
2008-07-13 14:10:00 43.36 -84.26 American lady 1 archive No description. More...
2010-07-03 12:45:00 41.89 -87.62 American lady Migrating individual(s) 2 270.0 202.5 11 archive No description. More...
2010-04-07 12:00:00 41.1867 -74.0237 American lady 2 archive Observer: T. Fiore. More...
2007-05-07 12:00:00 43.6844 -79.5019 American lady 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...
2014-08-24 15:10:00 42.028427884743 -93.65252494416 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 135.0 9 mariposa Ames, Iowa. One American Lady (slightly worn) nectaring on Black-eyed Susan in the prairie garden southeast of the ISU Design Center. Sunny, 80 F, dew point 73 F. More...
2007-04-13 12:00:00 28.3 -82.02 American lady 5 archive Observers: B. Bindschadler, J. DuBois, B. and L. Cooper, M. B. Litrico, and G. White More...
2010-05-08 12:00:00 34.58 -80.23 American lady 2 archive Carolina Butterfly Society Midlands Chapter Trip Report, Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge, 5/8/2010. Doug DeNeve was our trip leader. In attendance were Pam DeNeve, Dave and Marty Kastner and five guests. More...
2007-04-28 12:50:00 38.35935 -86.21943 American lady 2 archive Habitat: Limestone glade. Specimens were alternately nectaring on Hoary Puccoon and visiting Plantain-leaved Pussytoes so it's almost certain that they were laying eggs. More...
2007-04-19 12:00:00 32.327 -110.701 American lady 1 archive Catalina Mountains (mile markers 2-6, Catalina Hwy.), Pima Co., Arizona. Observer: J. Snyder. More...
2009-04-24 12:00:00 40.935 -73.818 American lady 1 archive Observer: A. Block. More...
2009-01-11 12:00:00 21.50466 -158.03631 American lady 1 archive Observer: J. Snyder. More...
2012-11-04 16:00:00 30.599523 -87.015415 American lady First butterfly of the season 5 315.0 5 tebay Five individual American Ladies seen nectaring on blue mistflower. Wind from the southeast. More...
2009-04-27 12:00:00 39.25 -74.85 American lady 1 archive Observer: D. Amadio. More...
2006-11-18 12:00:00 41.036 -71.955 American lady 1 archive Observer: R. Kelly. More...
2006-05-27 12:00:00 41.14 -73.91 American lady 1 archive Observer: V. Corsello. More...
2010-04-18 12:00:00 46.153 -90.921 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 archive Ryan Brady, Location: Chequamegon National Forest south of Beaver Lake, Ashland County. My first American Lady and C. Claybank Tiger Beetle (C. limbalis) of the year. Also 21 Green Darner dragonflies. More...
2009-05-02 12:00:00 42.98 -70.95 American lady 3 archive Observer: H. Zirlin. More...
2006-12-06 12:00:00 26.176 -98.376 American lady 1 archive NABA International Butterfly Park west to the World Birding Center at Bentsen S.P., TX (G. Quintanilla, D. & J. Dauphin, R. & M. Snider, J. Booker, P. Schappert, J. Rivera, J. DeLeon, D. Hanson, and others) More...
2006-05-28 12:00:00 39.24 -74.97 American lady 0 archive Observer: J. DiOrio. More...
2010-06-07 13:30:00 41.89 -87.62 American lady 1 180.0 45.0 5 archive No description. More...
2009-04-18 12:00:00 31.55 -87.52 American lady 1 archive Observer: H. Zirlin. More...
2007-03-10 12:00:00 28.3 -82.03 American lady 3 archive Polk County. Observers: B. and L. Cooper, J. and B. DuBois, C. Geanangel, and T. Palmer. More...
2010-07-13 13:30:00 41.89 -87.62 American lady 2 270.0 45.0 11 archive Likes purple coneflowers and butterfly bush. More...
2010-04-11 11:00:00 41.54302 -93.46481 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 archive Photographed, nectaring on dandelions More...
2009-03-25 12:00:00 28.69 -81.12 American lady 1 archive Observers: B. Bindschadler, B. & L. Cooper. 1 individual (very worn). More...
2010-06-17 12:00:00 36.31 -77.8 American lady 2 archive My work today was in a bland NC Wildlife Resources Commission game land a few miles northeast of Medoc Mountain SP, just in the Piedmont of Halifax County. Here is what I had on a hot, sunny, and low-humidity day (June 17).... Red Admiral 1, American Lady 2.... Harry LeGrand More...

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