Butterfly Observations

E.g., Friday, April 19, 2024
E.g., Friday, April 19, 2024
E.g., Friday, April 19, 2024
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Date and Time Latitude Longitude Species Type Number Observed Flight Direction (Degrees) Wind Direction (Degrees) Wind Speedsort descending Observed By Description/Notes
2006-05-18 12:00:00 40.8896 -73.9415 American lady 2 archive Observer: V. Corsello. Two individuals: one fresh, one worn. USGS Yonkers (NY,NJ)Topo Map Quad. More...
2003-04-19 12:00:00 42.5236 -83.1552 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 0 archive Tenhave Woods, Quickstad Park, Royal Oak, MI More...
2012-11-07 18:34:00 35.3349467 -94.297515799996 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 2 Cliff Ivy Cool morn lowc40's, Sunny low60 afternoon. Painted lady was very active and nectaring various flowers in several yards. More...
2003-04-24 12:00:00 35.89 -75.77 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 0 0.0 archive "Many" migrating north. Observer: J. DiOrio. More...
2005-07-16 12:00:00 44.37 -122.11 Painted lady 53 archive Browder Ridge, Central Cascades, Linn and Lane Cos., OR (NABA Eugene-Springfield) More...
2010-05-05 12:00:00 44.403 -79.726 Red admiral 2 archive Hi all, This is my first post - I'm so happy to have discovered this list. On May 5th my 99 year old grandmother called me quickly into her bedroom where I thought she was napping. Outside her window is a lilac bush and she had spotted a butterfly feeding. More...
2008-04-14 12:00:00 42.001 -93.658 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 1 archive No description. More...
2017-10-18 16:45:00 40.1329372 -74.4730352 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 3 Barbl Nectaring on zinnias More...
2006-08-22 12:00:00 39.0839 -77.1528 Red admiral 1 archive Butterfly feeding on butterfly bush at dusk. No flight observed. Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland. More...
2016-04-18 05:00:00 46.191865605726 -123.38698143166 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 3 0.0 Robert M. Pyle WA: Wahkiakum Co. Cathlamet and Puget Island on n. shore, Columbia River. T8N R6W several sections. Several V. atalanta seen in light northward movement. More...
41.179753 -95.917833 Red admiral 132 mariposa on weekly survey saw lots of fresh red admirals and many caterpillars More...
2002-04-02 12:00:00 36.14 -87.09 Red admiral 1 archive Observer: R. Venable. More...
2005-04-01 14:00:00 37.85 -122.191 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 200 315.0 archive Apr 1, 2005, 2 PM-3PM, PST migrating NW, wind 10W, clear, 67F estimate 200 butterflies. Basically I was birdwatching but was amazed by all the butterflies! Other birders in Alameda and Contra Costa Co. noted them yesterday. More...
2010-05-12 18:00:00 36.1625 -78.9702 Red admiral 25 archive Folks, Yesterday evening after 6 p.m., Meg and I walked the trails at the Little River Regional Park in Orange County. We saw at least 25-30 Red Admirals and 20-25 Question Marks in the road and along the trails. More...
2005-03-22 12:00:00 30.3711 -97.7517 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 0.0 archive Yesterday, March 22, 2005, was my FOS American Lady. It was in my yard in central Austin, Texas (78731) about four miles north of the Colorado River (the Texas one, of course). It was nectaring and moved through in a generally northerly direction on a bright sunny day around 70 degrees. More...
2001-05-14 19:30:00 35.0815 -83.2954 Red admiral 2 archive I also visited Jones Knob in Macon Co. NC at 4400 + late in the evening the 14th and the only butterflies seen were two V. atalanta (mostly shade and about 65 at 7:30 est.) Most trees there still in bud phase. More...
2016-07-20 22:45:00 42.622949 -82.924262 Red admiral 2 LeAnna Sosnoski... Two butterflies passed through my yard appx. 15-20 seconds apart. Both flew in an ascending helical pattern, but were not together. #1 passed followed by #2 15-20 seconds later. More...
2002-04-16 12:00:00 41.8 -91.69 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 3 archive No description. More...
2015-04-18 13:15:00 30.292645308923 -81.647372118768 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 ascwing No description. More...
2003-03-31 12:00:00 35.95 -93.24 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive Newton County, along Little Buffalo River. More...
2010-05-15 12:00:00 42.33588 -76.49679 Red admiral 8 archive Relatively large numbers of V. atalanta were noted in our yard on May 15th -- the most I've noted in 7 years at this residence (e.g., 8 simultaneously sunning in our gravel driveway). More...
2009-01-11 12:00:00 21.50466 -158.03631 American lady 1 archive Observer: J. Snyder. More...
2005-09-05 12:00:00 33.66 -117.84 Painted lady 0 archive No description. More...
2017-04-08 05:00:00 43.432055439629 -92.010053239119 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 MJ Hatfield In the woods edge by the house. As per Google Earth: 43°25'54.97" N 92° 0'35.92" W. More...
2003-09-15 12:00:00 39.5771 -86.1871 Painted lady 0 archive No description. More...
2012-05-08 05:00:00 43.600147325759 -84.284267735541 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 200 DenBrook What we are looking at right now is recolonizing. I saw several hundred yesterday brooding no directional flight. A big mixed bag for the last few days; worn ladies, and anglewings and fresh Mourning Cloaks, Tiger Swallowtails and Monarchs. Red Admirals are mixed worn and fresh. More...
2003-09-05 12:00:00 39.48 -86.06 Painted lady 0 archive No description. More...
2010-05-22 14:11:00 43.04095 -76.406944 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 3 0.0 archive During my 10-minute observation period that started at 2:05, these individuals came through at 2:11:09, 2:12:50, and 2:14:42. Earlier in the day, I saw two or three (or the same one at different times?) Red Admirals that seemed to just be active in the yard rather than purposefully migrating. More...
2005-03-26 12:00:00 35.64 -120.69 Painted lady 6 archive I was in Paso Robles, California 93446 on Saturday, March 26th and Sunday, March 27th and noted several individuals there, but not in large numbers. More...
2009-04-07 12:00:00 48.46578 -123.45795 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 1 archive Hi, I am delighted to say I saw the first Painted Lady of the year here in Victoria, British Columbia today (Tuesday 7th April 2009). I was able to watch it close up for several minutes as it fluttered around the winter heather. The exact location was: 48d 27’ 56.79 N; 123d 27’ 28.61 W. More...
2005-03-31 12:00:00 37.4575 -122.4485 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 0.0 archive For around two or more hours I watched a stream of butterflies go north past my house near the beach in Half Moon Bay CA N37 27.45 W122 26.91 on March 31 I took movies so will have a time stamp if your interested. I am under the impression that they were painted ladies but have no idea. More...
2016-07-10 18:30:00 48.038840032663 -123.34153174894 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 AdmiralsandLadies nectaring on lavendar More...
2006-03-11 12:00:00 32.9078 -79.6129 Red admiral 0 archive No description. More...
2015-05-14 14:20:00 30.0096286 -99.1218524 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 2 Ginny Did not record the exact time we saw this butterfly -- it was after 9:20 am. More...
2003-10-01 12:00:00 41.7494 -92.721 Painted lady 0 archive No description. More...
2009-05-06 12:00:00 41.1207 -73.7197 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 1 archive After a rainy and cool several days, a bit of sun, with temperatures in the low-mid 60's brought a nice variety of butterflies to the ridge along the Palisades, at Hook Mt., Rockland County (just north of Nyack, on the Hudson). 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...
2006-04-09 12:00:00 29.46 -95.05 Red admiral 1 archive No description. More...
2015-10-05 17:00:00 39.122396307968 -84.39477875502 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area, Specimen Record 12 Henryr10 Saw 12 different Admirals in an approximately 100 yard stretch of rock/sand beach. Many Eastern Commas (Polygonia comma) also in the mix. The Admirals flew out of the shoreline woods, landed, on the small rocks, tasted and displayed. https://www.flickr.com/photos/rnranimals/21788016449/in/album-7 More...
2003-11-05 12:00:00 32.858 -108.588 Red admiral 1 archive Observers: B. Howe and C. Rustay. More...
2010-05-16 12:00:00 44.53 -76.21 Red admiral 6 archive May 16 a trip to Rock Dundern near Lyndhurst has 15 Spring Azures, 1 Eastern Comma, 6 Arctics (I got none with wings open but only Chryxus have been reported for here), 1 Henry's Elfin, 5 Cabbage Whites, 1 Tiger Swallowtail and 6 Red Admirals (yay, two species I had never seen before, Arctic a More...
2005-03-31 12:00:00 33.6 -117.87 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 200 315.0 0.0 archive Let's not call it an explosion, but we have had a delightful profusion of PL this morning in zip code 92625, Corona del Mar, CA. There have been dozens within sight at any given moment heading NW, parallel to the coast and about 45 deg off of a north wind. More...
2009-04-24 12:00:00 41.954 -82.515 Red admiral 1 archive One noted in the park visitor centre sightings book (observer name not noted) on April 24/09. Don Davis Toronto, ON More...
2007-05-05 12:00:00 42.2967 -81.8894 Red admiral 1 archive Carolyn King wrote: Sorry for delayed posting, but on the weekend at Rondeau Provincial Park we saw: Sat. May 5: Red Admiral 1, Cabbage White 1. Actually there were a number of Red Admiral sightings, but only 2 paused long enough to confirm they were separate individuals. More...
2017-06-19 17:00:00 50.599444 -114.987778 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 Calypso No description. More...
2005-04-01 12:00:00 38.2867 -122.0237 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 archive Observer: Paula Moors. The monarchs [probably Painted Ladies] were all over the freeway on my way home from work. More...
2010-07-03 09:00:00 41.3543 -73.4102 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive Dear Vanessa Migration Project, We spotted a red admiral butterfly at our home just now, roughly 9 am Eastern Time, July 3, 2010. We live at the address below. Very beautiful. It flew away before we were able to photograph it. Good luck with your tracking! More...
2005-03-26 12:00:00 34.87 -111.76 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 500 45.0 archive Observer: L. Campbell. Painted Lady (a large and continuous stream flying together heading from Southwest to Northeast at a fast clip). Colorado Plateau, 5000 feet, Sedona, AZ. More...
2006-04-24 12:00:00 43.9939 -77.7131 Red admiral 0 archive I will be looking. So far Comma, Cabbage White, Mourning Cloak and Red Admiral in this area. No Green Darner Dragonflies yet, the insect migrant I always look for. David (David Bree, Natural Heritage Education (NHE) Leader, Presqu'ile Provincial Park, RR#4 Brighton, ON K0K 1H0) More...
2001-04-24 12:00:00 34.07 -117.47 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 0.0 archive Observer: Fawn Fresquez More...

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