Butterfly Observations

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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
2005-04-07 12:00:00 26.0725 -98.1423 Painted lady 5 archive I recorded 10-12 individual V. cardui on April 6 but 5-6 on April 7. More...
2010-04-17 15:00:00 Red admiral 10 archive Minnesota, zip code 56101, multiple county parks (Bright Lake County Park and Timberland County Park)in Martin County the species seems to already be well distributed, as I also saw a single individual last week in the LAc Qui Parle/Yellow Medicine County area of MN before I was aware or this reques More...
2007-06-04 12:00:00 43.177 -89.795 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 0 archive For the past two weeks [as of June 24th], we have had a major group of the Red Admiral Butterflies settling in our area. Thousands upon thousands have been flying everywhere along our highways and neighborhoods. I have never seen this before. More...
2005-04-08 12:00:00 46.24 -119.1 Painted lady 2 archive Observer: C. Rogers. More...
2012-08-15 16:00:00 45.0212762 -74.730345 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 200 225.0 Donald Davis (Ross Dobson) large numbers observed flying in Southwesterly direction through Cornwall today (during sunshine period) about 11am..100's over about 10 minutes.(August 15,2012) 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...
2012-08-23 21:00:00 42.619397 -71.361177 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 60 ed36 large flock feeding on a row of butterfly bushes and a garden of zinnias. they stay during most of the daylight hours, and leave at dusk More...
2005-06-20 12:30:00 53.02 -112.83 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 20 0.0 archive Today my wife and I observed for sometime approximately 10 to 20 of the following butterflies feeding on a purple colored lilac bush in our back yard. Some of the butterflies looked like they had been through a war as the wings had tiny peices out of the edges, and the whole butterfly appeared to be More...
2010-04-12 12:00:00 40.2251 -90.0112 Red admiral 3 archive Observer: R. Bell. More...
2005-01-21 12:00:00 37.4521 -122.3847 Red admiral 4 archive Observers: J. Hall, D. Edwards. Coordinates are for a location 0.3 miles east-southeast of Mills Creek, shown on the USGS Half Moon Bay quadrangle. More...
2007-07-02 13:30:00 40.76013 -73.97331 Red admiral 1 archive Where observed: Small park with 20-foot high waterfall outside office building, at East 54th St. between Madison & Park Aves., New York, NY. Single butterfly landed on me for a very long time. No others observed. ZIP code [10022?], New York County (Manhattan). Flight direction: Unsure. More...
2001-03-15 12:00:00 29.0669 -97.3336 Painted lady 1 archive Observer: T. Muschalek. More...
2012-06-12 05:00:00 53.510987330595 -112.0639759021 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 Donald Davis (Rob Hughes) I saw one Red Admiral today in Vegreville, in a friend's garden. This yard is at the north edge of town, not far from a creek green space and native bush. I don't see them at my place, where it's more small town urban. [ca. 53,51033 N, 112.06480 W] More...
2003-10-19 12:00:00 26.07 -98.15 Painted lady 12 archive Observer: Derek Muschalek (Texas Butterfly Festival). More...
2012-10-20 19:15:00 35.313545781701 -80.018595646232 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 15 bengray417 Many red admirals were seen in the Uwharrie National Forest. Particularly abundant at a sap flow along with question marks and a mourning cloak butterfly. More...
2010-05-01 12:00:00 35.94 -78.58 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 0 archive Observer: Matthew Daw. Hi all, I did a pretty extensive run of Falls dam and the Neuse River Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. I came up with a quite different list then I did last Friday. This morning, there were alot of Cloudywings around... 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...
2017-10-03 16:20:00 37.897207751371 -122.6408958384 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 12 Lisahug Seadrift Gated Community, nectaring on a Butterfly Bush with migrating Monarchs. More...
2006-05-20 12:00:00 39.733 -76.041 American lady 1 archive Observer: A. Loudell. More...
2016-02-25 22:08:00 19.692406325853 -98.843513293932 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 mariposa San Juan Teotihuacán, Estado de Mexico, Mexico, 19.69227 N, 98.84360 W. Saw a dark American Lady patrolling at the top of the Pyramid of the Sun. More...
2003-03-10 12:00:00 28.5742 -81.3344 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 0 archive Zip code 32792 More...
2013-03-28 20:12:00 35.322217375563 -94.274434600171 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 Cliff Ivy Warn sunny afternoon. Hard wood area. Red admiral landed on log in sun. More...
2005-07-18 12:00:00 64.85 -111.55 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1 0.0 180.0 archive Finally, on July 18, 2 km ESE Daring Lake Tundra Ecological Research Station (64.51 N, 111.33 W, about 100 km north of treeline) I saw an adult Painted Lady! More...
2010-05-03 12:00:00 43.332 -79.9 Red admiral 0 archive John Marshall of Waterdown, Ontario (near Hamilton) reported seeing a "flock" of red admirals on April 30. Harry Hewick of Waterdown also reported good numbers there on May 3rd. More...
2005-03-15 12:00:00 34.2625 -119.2711 Painted lady 1 archive Hi Royce. They came in one wave during that 20 min. period with stragglers coming through sparingly. I saw one butterfly today. I have a butterfly garden but they didn't stop long enough to visit. Is this sighting unusual for this area and/or time of year? I never saw such a sight before. More...
2017-08-08 08:08:00 41.53942188245 -72.796783444351 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area, Specimen Record 1 berniecs No description. More...
2006-06-17 12:00:00 41.0944 -95.538 Red admiral 1 archive Hi – someone had mentioned to me that someone, somewhere in iowa was studying the red admiral butterflies. I did a google search and found your website. More...
2016-04-24 20:00:00 42.0284989 -91.586294999997 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 debbieamj setting in sun, not observed to be nectaring. More...
2002-04-10 12:00:00 41.11 -73.91 Red admiral 1 archive Observers: T. Fiore, E. Lam, N. Wagerik, and K. Wallstrom. More...
2005-03-22 12:00:00 28.03 -80.61 Painted lady 1 archive I saw one today and one a week ago. This is the first year that I have seen them. The one today was on the Mexican daisy vine on an arbor with the monarchs just enjoying breakfast. Sandy Hart, Palm Bay, FL 32905 More...
2008-05-03 12:00:00 37.30299 -121.95635 West coast lady 1 archive This individual was hanging about our garden.... The specimen was kind of beat up looking, with the tip of its right wing completely missing (http://flickr.com/photos/73344655@N00/2462370963/). More...
2001-05-08 12:00:00 48.75 -123.217 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 1 archive My wife (Aud Fischer) spotted one Painted Lady yesterday [May 8] on South Pender Island, and one today [May 9] on North Pender Island, British Columbia (east of the southern end of Vancouver Island, in the Strait of Georgia). So the migration has reached southern BC. More...
2016-06-30 23:12:00 42.622949 -82.924262 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 LeAnna Sosnoski... Perched on sunny, westward facing pine branch. More...
2006-01-05 12:00:00 37.4521 -122.3847 Red admiral 3 archive Observers: J. Hall and D. Edwards. More...
2012-04-11 05:00:00 33.494105992049 -111.926174463 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 100 mariposa Carol Cullar, re: Gail Morris, Scottsdale, Arizona, ca. 33.49 N, 111.93 W. I also communicate with Gail Morris in/around Scottsdale, AZ. More...
2005-02-14 12:00:00 33.28 -116.37 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 271 337.5 archive Observation: 271/60 min/25 ft. Normalized: 36/200 ft/min. More...
2005-03-27 17:00:00 33.63 -117.68 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 100 315.0 archive Now, Sunday March 27th 5:00 pm there are still some going through, about 5 per minute that I can see, but having driven several miles east for a hike, they're in higher numbers there. More...
2009-01-11 12:00:00 25.6 -80.58 Red admiral 1 archive Observer: J. Monroe. More...
2006-07-01 12:00:00 33.67 -117.83 Red admiral 1 archive No description. More...
2002-04-16 12:00:00 40.395 -74 Painted lady 1 archive Observer: K. Keating. More...
2015-05-07 05:00:00 43.431512338046 -92.009253498316 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 3 MJ Hatfield <p>At the house, 3 red admirals, over the driveway.</p> More...
2003-04-27 12:00:00 47.9604 -122.2386 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 1 archive Observer: W. Alexander. More...
2010-05-21 12:00:00 42.375 -77.389 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 15 45.0 archive Most sightings were individuals. 2 sets of pairs went through. 14 of the 15 were seen between 1:00pm and 3:00pm, at which pointed it clouded over. One more seen at 4:15. More...
2007-03-10 12:00:00 29.54 -98.42 Red admiral 1 archive Red Admiral, nectaring/resting on pear blossom, about March 10, sunny warm day. San Antonio, 78217 More...
2006-03-12 12:00:00 28.45 -81.74 Red admiral 2 archive Observers: B. and L. Cooper, B. Bindschadler, N. Prine, R. and K. Mulholland, and Ingrid More...
2015-04-23 16:03:00 30.0096286 -99.1218524 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 Ginny Saw this american lady after 11:03 -- did not record the precise time we saw it. More...
2003-09-28 12:00:00 39.52 -84.4 Painted lady 0 archive Middletown, OH 45044 More...
2010-05-26 11:00:00 49.99 -96.85 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 0.0 180.0 archive Vanessa Atalanta. First of the season, Healthy, Bright colours. Single one heading north. Chris Goodwin, Near Winnipeg MB Canada at 97 west 50 north More...
2009-05-03 12:00:00 28.17 -80.6 Red admiral 1 archive Sighted in Satellite Beach Florida 5-03-09 inside a screen enclosure around a pool. Is this common? We have a small butterfly garden in Stuart FL. But we have not seen one of these. Jack Braden More...
2007-03-03 12:00:00 37.697 -122.445 West coast lady 2 archive San Mateo County. Observers: J. Hall and D. Edwards. More...

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