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 Longitude Speciessort descending Type Number Observed Flight Direction (Degrees) Wind Direction (Degrees) Wind Speed Observed By Description/Notes
2017-04-11 17:10:00 43.803542749502 -79.381767478832 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 Donald Davis [Reported by Howard Herscovitch, North York, Ontario] There was an American Lady sunning on my neighbour's lawn just after noon today [April 11]. Camera was in the car but the butterfly was gone by the time I got it so no photos. More...
2015-06-08 21:19:00 43.23337719 -79.06085193000001 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Larva: also on eButterfly. Paradise Grove, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. Location precision: within a 75m radius. Observed by dkaposi, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9533095 More...
2016-06-07 05:00:00 46.013371 -81.39895999999999 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Killarney Provincial Park, Manitoulin District, Ontario, Canada. Location precision: within a 46m radius. Observed by alyssad, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3461530 More...
2017-05-08 21:15:00 38.80245555 -122.31398819999998 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Napa County, California, USA. Location precision: 31m radius. Observation by kestrel, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6147814 More...
2015-07-02 05:00:00 35.176546 -93.61720600000001 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa I just love the pattern on the underwings of this species. Sometimes described as the most intricate and beautiful pattern of any butterfly. Magazine Mountain State Park, Logan County, Arkansas. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. More...
2016-06-24 05:00:00 44.436292 -75.884792 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Larue Mills, Ontario, Canada. Location precision: within a 2m radius. Seems to have had a rough adult life. Wings are quite damaged, but it can still fly. Observed by arborsphere, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://inaturalist.ca/observations/3526285 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...
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...
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...
2001-03-25 12:00:00 30.134 -97.451 American lady 12 archive Observers: D. and J. Dauphin. More...
2006-04-20 12:00:00 40.3267 -74.2318 American lady 1 archive One individual, very worn. Observer: V. Corsello. More...
2006-01-21 12:00:00 27.62 -81.08 American lady 2 archive Observers: B. and L. Cooper, L. and B. Atherton, B. Bindschadler, M. and D. Cutler. More...
2006-04-21 12:00:00 29.9035 -91.9104 American lady 8 archive Observer: C. Marks More...
2006-04-28 12:00:00 35.43 -83.82 American lady 1 archive Observers: J. Pippen and J. Dole More...
2006-04-09 12:00:00 39.2445 -74.9781 American lady 2 archive Observer: J E DiOrio. More...
2004-07-30 12:00:00 42.35 -85.74 American lady 1 archive No description. More...
2003-10-01 12:00:00 44.65 -63.6 American lady 1 archive Hi Royce, This was the first butterfly I have noticed this fall. Our garden did have some New England asters in bloom at the time. More...
2003-10-11 12:00:00 43.53 -76.24 American lady 1 archive On Sat. October 11 there were 5 species in the Derby Hill area of the town of Mexico. Monarchs - a cautious estimate of 400 per hour moving SW over the fields from 10-12:30. Clouded Sulphur 80+, Cabbage White 50+, Orange Sulphur 10+, American Lady 1. More...
2005-12-04 12:00:00 26.1716 -98.3682 American lady 2 archive Observers: W. Sekula, M. Reid, D. Muschalek. More...
2006-02-10 12:00:00 37.69 -122.44 American lady 2 archive Observers: J. Hall and D. Edwards. More...
2003-11-05 12:00:00 32.858 -108.588 American lady 1 archive Observers: B. Howe and C. Rustay. More...
2005-04-22 10:57:00 42.0225 -93.6075 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 archive The butterfly was basking on the east side of the house above the flower garden near the electric meter. More...
2004-12-12 12:00:00 29.067 -97.3336 American lady 5 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...
2004-11-19 12:00:00 40.58 -74.15 American lady 1 archive Observer: T. Fiore. Refine coordinates. More...
2004-11-01 12:00:00 26.64 -99.05 American lady 1 archive Observers: B. Basham, B. Cooper, L. Cooper. Coordinates are approximate, and indicate a location approximately halfway between Zapata, TX and Rio Grande City, TX. More...
2003-03-26 12:00:00 26.14 -81.4 American lady First butterfly of the season 0 archive No description. More...
2005-10-01 12:00:00 38.934 -74.958 American lady 5 archive Cape May State Park & 'The Circle', Cape May Point, NJ. Observer: A. Loudell. More...
2004-10-27 12:00:00 28.9811 -97.5028 American lady 1 archive Observer: D. Muschalek. More...
2005-10-02 12:00:00 35.89 -75.77 American lady 3 archive Observers: H. LeGrand, W. Cook, and J. Pippen More...
2005-02-26 12:35:00 33.7305 -84.367 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 archive I found your interesting website, http://www.public.iastate.edu/~mariposa/homepage.html, last night. Are you still collecting data on the migration of Vanessa spp.? More...
2001-03-11 12:00:00 27.8961 -82.7082 American lady 1 archive Observer: T. Adams. One laying eggs on cudweed. More...
2006-09-02 12:00:00 40.225 -90.011 American lady 2 archive Observers: B. and P. Fuessle, R. and R. Bell More...
2015-04-24 18:30:00 30.294942833844 -81.646957394188 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 ascwing Not the same one we've already seen--can tell by the condition of its wings. More...
2007-05-15 12:00:00 40.714 -74.006 American lady 3 archive No description. More...
2006-09-09 12:00:00 38.956 -74.946 American lady 5 archive Observer: Ann Loudell. More...

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