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 Species Type Number Observed Flight Direction (Degrees) Wind Direction (Degrees)sort ascending Wind Speed Observed By Description/Notes
2005-03-23 13:20:00 34.2 -118.19 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 20 270.0 247.5 12 archive 20 per 3 minutes across a 10 foot line More...
2005-07-04 12:00:00 51.05 -114.083 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 500 180.0 247.5 25 archive No description. More...
2005-03-20 14:15:00 34.19379 -118.10809 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 231 292.5 247.5 6 archive Altadena, California ZIP 91001 Los Angeles County Latitude: 34.19379 N Longitude: 118.10809 W Elevation: about 1420 ft. above sea level. Date: March 20, 2005 Type of Sighting: Migrating individuals Flight direction: West - northwest, 231 individuals counted between 2:15pm and 2:25 pm PST. More...
2007-09-02 12:20:00 44.52 -69 Red admiral 1 247.5 6 archive Individual was only mildly tattered in appearance and was observed to be flying around in circles in a warm, sunny gravel driveway near a home. More...
2015-07-18 15:20:00 42.123213493467 -93.9494310788 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 6 247.5 9 mariposa Saw six red admirals milling around and flying across L Avenue, at a point within the Des Moines River bend east of Fraser, Iowa. Mostly sunny, 27.0 C (81 F), dew point 20.0 (68 F), wind from the west-southwest, 9 mph (4.2 m/s). 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...
2018-05-03 21:30:00 47.38224050403854 -91.19753759354353 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 3 90.0 247.5 0 joe.walewski@wo... Sunny, warm, and very dry conditions. First individuals of the season! More...
2005-03-26 14:02:00 34.441 -119.733 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 120 292.5 247.5 archive State St. & Las Positas. 14:02-14:08 - 20 per min - heading W-N/W More...
2006-03-30 15:15:00 34.6056 -98.4337 Painted lady 1 202.5 247.5 26 archive Flight direction: SSW, in Wild Plum Thicket, observed between 3:00 and 3:30 p.m. CST. Comanche County, OK. More...
2017-04-10 16:30:00 42.4507064 -85.5392521 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 225.0 247.5 butterflyqueen In the woods near our house One flying low to the ground More...
2007-06-20 09:30:00 42.6816 -88.3289 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 144 247.5 5 archive The Red Admirals were all over - sunning themselves on the driveway, covering the berries under the mulberry trees, and drinking from puddles of water. More...
2019-05-31 18:00:00 41.234332 -95.91649699999999 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 8 247.5 0 mariposa Lauritzen Gardens Omaha, Nebraska. Location precision: not recorded. Hazy from the smoke from Canada. Otherwise a very nice day. Temperature, 75 F; nearly calm. Survey from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. CDT. Observed by langabee, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. More...
2019-04-22 17:10:00 42.604498 -83.58968700000003 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 247.5 10 mariposamonarca flying at random over an acre More...
2005-03-25 11:50:00 34.416 -119.683 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 33 292.5 247.5 archive East Beach/Mission Creek. 11:50-12:01 - 3 per min - heading W-N/W More...
2005-03-26 11:41:00 34.441 -119.733 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 45 247.5 archive State St. & Las Positas. 11:41-11:46 - 9 per min - heading W-N/W More...
2001-06-16 10:00:00 53.9417 -113.1583 Painted lady 2 247.5 3 archive 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. North bank of North Saskatchewan River 1 mile NE of confluence of North Saskatchewan and Sturgeon Rivers. More...
2017-09-10 20:00:00 45.515008228197 -73.471411356169 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 30 90.0 247.5 12 heidi k I said migrating, since I've never seen these butterflies around here until I saw 2 or 3 a couple of days ago. Then today I saw at least 30 collecting nectar in my sedum flowers this afternoon. Wonderful! It was a warm day, about 20 degrees Celsius. More...
2005-03-28 14:00:00 33.5 -117.3 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 100 337.5 247.5 18 archive Migrating individuals; flight direction N to NNW. Five counts of one minute each yielded an average of 20 individuals per minute. Extrapolating to 1200 per hour past this particular site. This count at 2:00 pm PST. More...
2006-03-30 15:15:00 34.6056 -98.4337 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 202.5 247.5 26 archive Flight direction: SSW, in Wild Plum Thicket, observed between 3:00 and 3:30 p.m. CST. Comanche County, OK. More...
2017-04-16 23:30:00 42.9053449 -85.330437 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 247.5 7 aphipps This evening we only had about a dozen Red Admirals hill-topping, a significant reduction from yesterday where they were too quick and numerous to count. More...
2017-10-15 20:26:00 40.13296182161 -74.473051293254 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 6 247.5 6 Barbl Nectaring on zinnias More...
2019-05-31 18:00:00 41.234332 -95.91649699999999 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 3 247.5 0 mariposa Lauritzen Gardens Omaha, Nebraska. Location precision: not recorded. It was hazy due to the smoke from Canada. Weekly walk. Temperature, 75 F; winds, near-calm. Survey from 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. CDT. Observed by langabee, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. More...
2013-05-26 05:00:00 43.6465479 -79.4636903 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 247.5 8 Donald Davis (Bob Yukich) My wife Karen and I spent the afternoon in High Park in the west end of Toronto. It was sunny and windy and 18 degrees C (64 F). We saw 10 species of butterflies including 1 or possibly 2 Monarchs, a fresh Red Admiral and 2 Eastern Tiger Swallowtails, all firsts for the year. More...
2005-03-21 11:30:00 34.441 -119.733 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 300 292.5 247.5 archive State St. & Las Positas. 11:30-12:30 - 5 per min - heading W-N/W More...
2009-05-25 12:30:00 44.52 -69 Painted lady 1 247.5 15 archive Individual flying back and forth on SE/NW oriented small hilly woodland tar paved road, rarely alighting in either ditch. More...
2005-06-10 09:00:00 37.8504 -122.2499 Painted lady 30 247.5 13 archive Feeding individuals (20-30) in a front yard with lots of flowers, including lavender (which they seemed to like). More...
2017-04-13 21:00:00 41.813667706879 -93.293160392153 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 3 225.0 5 Searles Three individuals observed near the trails, all presumptive migratory arrivals at the location. More...
2022-10-19 20:00:00 36.77194610528299 -90.45766888465701 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 225.0 12 tsage 58*F, sunny, SW wind @ 10-15. Nectaring asters. Different individual from yesterday’s observation. Smaller and paler. More...
2014-10-25 05:00:00 42.033463494278 -82.580857164801 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 3 225.0 11 Donald Davis (Gary Tetzlaff) SW corner County Rd 33 at Seacliff Dr. (Mersea Rd 1), Leamington, Ontario, 42.033447, -82.581005. AIR TEMP 18 CELSIUS, SW windy. 3 Painted Lady. More...
2019-04-08 17:45:00 42.061998749480146 -93.63552039368244 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 225.0 18 wolfoest circling around backyard More...
2001-07-14 09:30:00 49.027 -114 Painted lady 2 225.0 15 archive 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Center at 7.5 miles north of US border at 114  0'. More...
2019-08-18 17:00:00 44.7822064 -88.60899169999999 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 50 225.0 15 deverson 12 at our house. 3 at one garden near school. Too any to count at Monarch Waystation on playground of same school. All were nectaring on flowers. We have had painted ladies on our flowers by our house for a week or two. This was my first time down at school for a week. More...
2019-05-22 05:00:00 41.179753 -95.91783299999997 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 7 225.0 18 mariposa Fontenelle Forest, Bellevue, Nebraska. Location precision: not recorded. Feeding on wild raspberry and sunning themselves. Temperature, 66 F, gusty winds. Survey from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Observed by langabee, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. More...
2005-06-19 13:00:00 50.936 -113.3365 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 100 337.5 225.0 5 archive Hello from Alberta. Occasionally we get painted lady butterflies in great numbers up here. This appears to be one of those years. I have seen painted lady butterflies in large numbers from Calgary through Strathmore and out to Brooks Alberta in the past two days. More...
2019-05-07 05:00:00 38.7296252 -120.79854599999999 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 300 45.0 225.0 3 mariposa Placerville, California. Location precision: estimated within a 4 km radius. Observed by Paul Cherubini, DesertLeps Newsgroup. "Ditto in Placerville, California, west and downhill from South Lake Tahoe. 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...
2019-05-16 18:16:00 34.09619532 -118.7178485 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 225.0 6 mariposa Malibu Creek State Park, Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas, California. Location precision: within a 46m radius. Painted Lady close to the creek at Malibu State Park. It looks like the butterfly was sipping water from the moist sand… Temperature, 72 F; clear sky, moderate winds. More...
2019-04-16 23:11:00 42.02708032185927 -93.64862054239961 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 225.0 10 mariposa Near south end of the Hub, Iowa State University, Ames. Partly to mostly sunny - 70% cirrus clouds in a blue sky. Observed during a survey of Red Admiral territories on campus. More...
2013-07-30 05:00:00 43.7331517 -79.3604481 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 225.0 7 Donald Davis (Howard Herscovitch) I spent an hour in Edwards Gardens [Toronto] Tuesday afternoon [July 30] and finally saw my first monarch away from the lakeshore (managed one photo that showed it was a male). More...
2010-05-10 12:00:00 35.97 -97.03 Red admiral 0 225.0 archive Hi Royce: I'm from NW Calif, visiting my kid in W Oklahoma (Perkins) there's seldom any in my region, but I saw maybe 6 or 8 in the 2 weeks I spent in OK, weather was either very windy or overcast most of the time and I was only out for 4 afternoons, maybe 16 hrs total. More...
2017-04-15 23:30:00 42.9053449 -85.330437 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 30 225.0 225.0 16 aphipps We have a hill behind our house that is used by butterflies for hill-topping behavior. Since we saw so many Red Admirals today we went to the hill top this evening to see how many Admirals might be there. More...
2010-06-26 12:20:00 44.52 -69 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 225.0 8 archive Large fresh-looking individual. Observed near a stream where it flows under a road (culvert). Flying slowly in circles. More...
2015-09-28 20:20:00 42.105665104786 -93.778967266539 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 225.0 9 mariposa Jesse Randall farm, Boone County, Iowa. One worn Red Admiral flying about around the branches of an apple tree about 15-20 feet up, near the treetop. Couldn't catch it; was too high to reach. N 42.10557; W 93.77891. Weather, 1953 UTC: 28.9 C (84 F), dew point 16.1 C (64 F), RH 46%. More...
2005-08-09 12:00:00 50.32 -119.25 Painted lady 200 225.0 archive On August 2 our garden filled with Painted Ladies, Vanessa cardui.. There are dozens of them here. They spend most of the day on the Echinacea, some like the cosmos. Initially they were quite pale especially with their wings folded but have become brighter. More...
2004-04-28 19:24:00 42.0267 -93.6458 Red admiral 10 225.0 archive Survey of territories on Iowa State University campus, route 1. Sunny, hazy, strong southwest wind; small/large branches move. More...
2005-05-19 09:30:00 49.24 -103.53 Painted lady 4 225.0 18 archive nectaring on dandelions More...
2019-04-07 17:10:00 42.06909328862572 -93.62731028065485 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 90.0 225.0 6 wolfoest from lakes trail flew towards the north lake More...
2015-05-16 19:00:00 46.787836999806 -92.203617092425 American lady Migrating individual(s) 2 45.0 225.0 5 wmattson They were just passing through More...
2010-06-16 12:45:00 41.89 -87.62 Red admiral 2 270.0 225.0 5 archive No description. More...
2013-06-24 05:00:00 42.990119692614 -79.04928567093 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 225.0 11 Donald Davis (Rick Cavasin) [Fort Erie area near Niagara River, Ontario, CA.] "I tried to follow up on James Holdsworth's report of a Two-spotted Skipper in the field at the end of Detenbeck road, but without success. There weren't many butterflies flying there at all. More...

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