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
2004-04-27 18:27:00 42.0267 -93.6458 Red admiral 5 225.0 archive Survey of territories on Iowa State University campus, route 2. Sunny, southwest breeze, leaves tremble/rustle occasionally. Low humidity. More...
2015-05-09 21:12:00 41.60617 -93.519643000004 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 11 22.5 225.0 mariposa Pleasant Hill, Iowa. 11 butterflies migrating generally NNE between 4:12 and 5:29 p.m. CDT. Mean flight direction, 28.267 degrees east of true north, standard error 15.851 degrees, Rayleigh uniformity test: Z = 5.825, p < 0.001. Southwest wind, cirrostratus, mostly sunny, warm, 80s F. More...
2015-02-25 18:01:00 33.891849 -117.311418 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 11 337.5 225.0 1 508wingflapper Continuous stream of PLs. More...
2015-05-16 18:00:00 46.787719462825 -92.203187938872 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 225.0 8 wmattson The Red Admiral hung around. More...
2012-07-31 17:15:00 38.454365 -75.509872 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 225.0 15 jonbailly Nice fresh looking specimen. Sunny day; about 72 degrees F. More...
2016-05-03 22:00:00 42.753423032295 -83.53810491986 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 225.0 debbieamj found on the gravel railroad bed just north of Rotary Park in downtown Davisburg. Temp 65F and partly sunny. Flew off quickly,no nectaring sources around. More...
2008-04-20 14:00:00 40.77 -82.26 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 202.5 15 archive Sunday April 20, 2008 I spotted a Red Admiral flying around and landing on Nettles depositing eggs....I observed the Red Ad butterfly in my back yard in Hayesville, OH 44838. We have many nettle patches on our property. More...
2017-04-08 23:11:00 42.0258503 -93.6478679 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 9 202.5 6 mariposa Ames, Iowa. Second butterfly of the season, first of nine for the day, perching in and patrolling a territory east of Beardshear Hall on the Iowa State University campus. 74 F, dew point 51 F, 44% relative humidity, hazy. Survey between 18:03 and 18:56 pm CDT. Location precision: 8m radius. More...
2007-04-21 17:00:00 41.9475 -93.9025 American lady First butterfly of the season 3 45.0 202.5 20 archive I saw at least a dozen red admirals and three or four [probably American - ed.] painted ladies (sp. not known), and in general, they were moving northeast. The time period was between about 5 pm and 7 pm. (Update, April 28: I'm guessing that we saw American Painted Ladies. 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...
2018-06-28 00:46:00 42.027214 -93.648169 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 33 202.5 6 mariposa Territory occupant perching on the Abraham Lincoln statue near the west wall of Morrill Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. Location precision: within a 1m radius. Partly cloudy, 50% cumulus, 82 F, relative humidity 65%. Warm, humid. More...
2004-06-07 18:30:00 42.0267 -93.6458 Red admiral 58 202.5 24 archive Survey of territories, Iowa State University campus, route 3. More...
2010-04-30 16:30:00 43.36 -84.26 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 9 202.5 202.5 18 archive The butterflies were headed directly into the wind. 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...
2020-05-15 16:40:00 41.2451916 -96.08179969999999 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area, Specimen Record 9 0.0 202.5 3 Am30668 Counted nine Painted Lady throughout various garden areas at my home. Some were in flight, others resting on the ground and rocks in the sun; three were on violet leaves. More...
2019-05-18 18:00:00 42.02669487088881 -93.66033265604085 Red admiral Migrating individual(s), Presence of butterfly in your area 3 0.0 202.5 14 mariposa Three Red Admirals flying northward during a 30-minute period, three hours ahead of a rainstorm approaching from the south. Cirrostratus clouds, 81 F, dew point 62 F, relative humidity 63%, winds from the south-southwest to southwest (210 degrees azimuth), 14 mph, gusting to 23 mph. More...
2015-11-01 19:41:00 42.026566975488 -93.660080271301 Red admiral Migrating individual(s), Presence of butterfly in your area 1 202.5 18 mariposa Ames, Iowa. One Red Admiral flying around our front yard; also nectared on white aster. Large, fresh individual. Flew around the yard again 10 minutes later, then disappeared again - flew in front of the garage door, turned north, and was lost. Weather: mostly sunny and windy. More...
2010-07-04 11:45:00 41.89 -87.62 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 19 247.5 202.5 10 archive No description. More...
2001-04-24 12:00:00 42.0276 -93.6342 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 20 22.5 202.5 13 archive Red Admirals have been migrating northward through central Iowa for the past several days. I noticed the first migrators on Sunday, April 22. Monday was too cold, but the butterflies were moving again yesterday (Apr. 24). They were seen at the rate of about one every 3 to 5 minutes. More...
2004-05-09 18:52:00 42.0267 -93.6458 Red admiral 56 202.5 archive Survey of territories, Iowa State University campus, route 1. Sunny, breezy, small branches move. Thin cirrus over 30% of the sky. More...
2007-06-18 08:50:00 42.21 -85.59 Red admiral 20 202.5 7 archive I saw ~twenty Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta, butterflies this morning at around 9:00 am in Portage, MI at the Pfizer Portage Road Global Manufacturing plant. The weather was humid, sky partly cloudy. More...
2023-04-07 16:57:00 40.99871627636807 -90.48875556846652 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 202.5 1 Rhonda Brady Very Friendly, Flying around me as I turned compost. Settled on compost bin boards and nearby leaves. Hung around long enough for me to step into the house & grab a camera. Have Photso to document sighting. More...
2017-02-17 06:00:00 41.393346255395 -91.399171443121 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 202.5 14 mariposa Sighting by James Durbin in the Cone Marsh Wildlife Management Area near Conesville, Iowa. Judging from the wind flow, temperature, and dew point maps from mid-February, this butterfly could have come up from the south on either the 16th or the 17th. More...
2015-05-03 18:42:00 42.093525387287 -93.570352788906 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 12 22.5 202.5 15 mariposa Migrating Red Admirals, Story County Conservation Center, McFarland Park. 9 spotted between 1:42 and 2:48 p.m.; 3 more after 2:48 (one of these at 4:39 p.m.). Mostly sunny to partly cloudy (cirrus from before 1:30 to 3 p.m, then cumulus, 50%). 79-80F (26.1-26.7C), dew point 59F (15C). More...
2006-03-13 14:00:00 34.6056 -98.4337 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 2 202.5 12 archive Comanche County, OK. Flight direction: Confined to a Cherry Tree, observed between 2:00 and 2:20 p.m. CST. More...
2017-10-15 16:57:00 40.1214473 -83.0587619 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 202.5 17 Stephen Altic Cloudy, overcast, 70s. No direction to flight. Feeding on rotting tomatoes, buddleia blooms. More...
2010-06-25 11:45:00 41.89 -87.62 Red admiral 31 225.0 202.5 11 archive this was a new butterfly garden. the other one that I had been observing from had allium that the butterflies were fond of but there are no more in bloom. This new garden had lots of bee balm (Monarda) and Common Milkweed-lots of it in bloom right now. More...
2014-09-26 19:24:00 42.03202601938 -93.65163981538 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 202.5 14 mariposa Ames, Iowa. One fresh Painted Lady flying and basking around subsoil piles from excavation of a trench for an electrical line, grassy area on east side of Pammel Woods. 80 F, dew point 60 F, sunny, breezy. More...
2016-07-22 14:47:00 41.9796520244 -93.835470079218 Painted lady First butterfly of the season, Presence of butterfly in your area 1 202.5 13 mariposa This Painted Lady was the first one I saw this summer. It flew in near the road, circled, and then landed in the grass to bask. It was a fresh individual, perhaps recently emerged. Mostly sunny, with patches of cirrocumulus and cirrus, about 10%. 27.2 C (81 F), dew point 23.9 C (75 F), RH = 82%. 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...
2009-05-26 12:00:00 Red admiral 1 202.5 8 archive This is the first time since April 23 that the species has been seen on the grounds. It was seen sunning on top of a plastic container on the 26th and flying around in the same area on the 27th. Digitals attached. More...
2007-04-21 17:00:00 41.9475 -93.9025 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 12 45.0 202.5 20 archive I saw at least a dozen red admirals and three or four painted ladies (sp. not known), and in general, they were moving northeast. Location in Boone County (approximate) -- 41 degrees, 51' 00" (latitude), 93 degrees, 55' 00" (longitude) (I looked at a map) More...
2017-09-30 05:00:00 42.021892 -82.57791500000002 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 10 202.5 5 mariposa Several Painted Lady butterflies have been hanging out in my butterfly garden for the past few days. They have been here all summer, but I've been paying more attention as I'm waiting for some monarch chrysalides to hatch. The Painted Lady butterflies seem abundant. More...
2004-04-18 12:30:00 42.0285 -93.6317 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 1 0.0 202.5 archive Red Admiral flying north, ca. 1m above the ground. Brookside Park, across 6th Street, near bike path curve west of skate park. More...
2015-05-03 18:25:00 42.092792938892 -93.570814128772 American lady First butterfly of the season, Migrating individual(s) 2 202.5 14 mariposa Royce Bitzer, McFarland Park, Story County Conservation Center front lawn, 42.09276 N, 93.57073 W. Two American Ladies flew in and interacted with each other, and then one briefly landed on the lawn to nectar on a dandelion. More...
2019-04-24 18:08:00 42.012996 -93.65291000000002 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 5 0.0 202.5 8 mariposa Iowa State University Cross-Country Field, Ames, Iowa. Location precision: within a 20m radius. Migrating butterfly flying north to north-northeast 30 cm above the ground and repeatedly landing in the grass. Flight direction monitoring survey from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. CDT. More...
2004-12-22 11:55:00 37.35 -75.95 Red admiral 1 0.0 202.5 10 archive appeared at waist heighth noontime* -- no time to fetch camera -- in front of same wall (facing south) as our original photo. The flight style (zany agitated) size and color assured me it was a red admiral. The 'dumb' thing went north. More...
2017-09-24 20:39:00 43.652365414728 -70.185965880562 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 202.5 4 Stephen Altic Sunny, 82 degrees. Painted lady had no flight direction, spent 30 minutes nectaring in garden on asters. More...
2007-03-02 14:15:00 33.8881 -117.8851 Painted lady 1 202.5 10 archive No description. More...
2007-03-06 14:11:00 33.8881 -177.8851 Painted lady 1 202.5 8 archive No description. More...
2023-04-27 19:41:00 42.029210739690775 -91.58613279005166 Red admiral First butterfly of the season, Presence of butterfly in your area 1 270.0 202.5 4 debbieamj Appeared to be searching for nectar plants on the ground, ignored the peach blossoms in the tree nearby. More...
2010-07-03 12:45:00 41.89 -87.62 Red admiral 22 270.0 202.5 11 archive No description. More...
2018-10-18 22:11:00 42.014092 -93.65229299999999 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 202.5 13 mariposa Nectaring on Heath Aster when caught. Iowa State University Cross-Country Field, Ames, Iowa. Location precision: within a 3m radius. Sunny, 66 F, dew point 44 F, relative humidity 45%, gusting winds. Observed by iowabiologist, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. More...
2019-09-30 21:30:00 44.91780501899611 -93.32117557525635 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 60 202.5 6 Livewombat At this location on the map there were about 40 painted ladies on zinnias in a large planting along the streets of a corner lot Another 20 or so we're at scattered sites within 6 blocks, mostly on zinnias but also Verbena bonariensis, cosmos, tithonia, and just flying around. More...
2004-05-21 18:40:00 42.0267 -93.6458 Red admiral 64 202.5 23 archive Survey of territories, Iowa State University campus, route 2. Mostly cloudy, warm, humid, towering cumulus, 50% of sky. 29.7 C - 27.5 C. More...
2019-05-22 22:26:00 42.031196 -93.647266 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 202.5 25 mariposa Genetics Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. Location precision: within a 1m radius. One Red Admiral flying and basking between two buildings. Partly cloudy, windy, gusting to 37 mph. 21.1 C (70 F), dew point 9.4 C (49 F), relative humidity 47%. Survey from 5:20 to 5:30 p.m. CDT. More...
2016-03-31 15:59:00 41.8800296 -88.0078435 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 202.5 11 Deanna P. Denk Red Admiral on hyacinth. More...
2017-04-01 05:00:00 42.160449 -94.12536699999998 Red admiral First butterfly of the season, Migrating individual(s) 1 0.0 202.5 10 mariposa 340 C Avenue, Boone County, Iowa. Flying in circles, meandering approx 10 min, landed on wood chip mulch in flower garden, out of the wind. Rested. Then flew out of the yard to the north. Partly cloudy, 53 F, moderate wind. Location precision: not recorded. More...
2015-04-17 23:00:00 42.026570960348 -93.644654220211 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 202.5 2 mariposa Ames, Iowa, Iowa State University campus, near north end of Curtiss Hall. Briefly perched on sidewalk, circled, relit briefly again, and then flew off. 77 F (25 C), dew point 47 F (8.3 C), partly cloudy, nearly calm. More...
2006-04-12 19:23:00 42.0278 -93.646 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 202.5 10 archive One individual, perching on west wall of Catt Hall in fading sunshine. Decamped to the north at 7:25 p.m. CDT. More...

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