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) Wind Speedsort ascending Observed By Description/Notes
2008-04-18 12:00:00 43.63 -95.629 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 180.0 20 archive First two butterflies of the season I seen. south wind 20mph 70's for temp. Both were pretty beat up. More...
2017-09-05 19:43:00 42.013223 -93.65312900000004 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 214 180.0 337.5 20 mariposa Iowa State University Cross-Country Field, Ames, Iowa. Nectaring on a thistle flower head during an extensive southward migration. Observation by iowabiologist, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. Location precision: 10m radius. More...
2005-06-21 12:00:00 51.05 -114.083 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 2000 0.0 157.5 20 archive Thousands and thousands seen, migrating through our entire city, heading North. Migration picked up again [today], increasing throughout the day. More...
2010-05-22 13:30:00 42.0053 -93.63866 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 26 0.0 180.0 20 archive Observed 26 individuals, 21 migrating and six laying eggs on scattered nettle plants on the hilltop. More...
2017-08-17 16:36:00 42.0645504 -95.23692719999997 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 25 270.0 20 mariposa Doug Gronau farm, Vail, Iowa. Many nectaring on red clover. Windy; 10% cumulus clouds, decreased from 40% an hour ago. Observation by iowabiologist, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7581295 . Location precision: 6m radius. More...
2007-06-02 15:30:00 44.52 -69 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 1 135.0 20 archive Road Killed Specimen. Forewing measures 3.0 cm from body. Hindwing measures 2.2 cm from body. Relatively small individual. More...
2019-04-06 20:45:00 42.06621701412259 -93.63096579384114 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 180.0 20 wolfoest circling around the bluff woods area More...
2005-07-03 12:00:00 51.05 -114.083 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 500 180.0 20 archive John Riddell noticed hundreds of Painted Lady butterflies migrating South More...
2019-04-15 05:00:00 41.234332 -95.91649699999999 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 5 20 mariposa Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha, Nebraska. Location precision: Not recorded. Walking our weekly survey of the garden. Saw our first Painted Lady of the year. They were feeding on pachysandra Survey from 11:15 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. CDT. Temperature, 65 F, moderate winds. More...
2021-03-10 20:15:00 26.0573112 -80.271716 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 45.0 20 Ramona Johnston Red Admiral butterfly observed at native plant nursery in Cooper City, Florida nectaring on fragrant Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow shrub More...
2005-06-24 12:00:00 51.06 -115.066 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 8 0.0 337.5 20 archive observed individuals at Mt. Lorette Ponds, along Highway #40, Kananaskis Country (front range mountains of Alberta). More...
2014-04-15 19:00:00 40.569762628863 -95.631963010723 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 0.0 0.0 20 sbuback Flying North with strong tailwind out of the South. More...
2017-09-15 22:40:00 41.98976 -93.65939100000003 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 26 180.0 20 mariposa South of Ames, Iowa. Mostly sunny, 90 F; strong wind from the south, 20 mph+. Many individuals nectaring on red clover. 26 Painted Ladies were captured while we were tagging Monarchs. Observation by iowabiologist, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. Location precision: 50m 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...
2010-05-28 15:30:00 41.89 -87.62 American lady 1 45.0 0.0 20 archive No description. More...
2018-04-30 12:04:00 44.77438302 -93.19010472000002 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 157.5 20 mariposa Minnesota Zoological Garden, Apple Valley, Minnesota. Location precision: within a 22m radius. Observed by ebrunquist, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11953121 More...
2019-04-15 17:00:00 41.234332 -95.91649699999999 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 28 20 mariposa Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha, Nebraska. Location precision: not recorded. Did our weekly walk of the gardens. There were lots of red admirals throughout the gardens. They were feeding on violets and pachysandra. Survey from 11:00 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. CDT. 65 F, moderate winds. More...
2005-03-13 15:00:00 34.90189 -116.032 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1000 0.0 0.0 20 archive Location: Kelso Dunes Wilderness in Mojave Desert National Preserve. I have a video lasting several seconds of an interesting migration observation that reminded me of salmon jumping waterfalls. More...
2020-03-26 20:44:00 34.09743937 -118.6498883 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 315.0 19 mariposa Calabasas Peak Trail, Stunt Road, Calabasas, California, USA. Location precision: within a 10m radius. Mud puddling, then meandering across the area. 55F, mostly sunny. Observed by andreacala, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40817246 More...
2019-04-20 17:50:00 41.727568 -88.0059 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 5 22.5 19 ldieckman Red Admirals were mainly flying close to the ground and landing on leaf litter at the forest preserve. More...
2023-04-13 17:30:00 43.64631 -79.46564 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 90.0 225.0 19 Bob Yukich No description. More...
2015-05-21 20:05:00 42.003669348285 -93.656806005838 Red admiral Migrating individual(s), Presence of butterfly in your area 5 0.0 292.5 18 mariposa Meadow Glen Road, Ames, Iowa. Of 5 Red Admirals seen here between 1:57 and 3:18 p.m. CDT, this one was migrating northward across this point at 3:05 p.m. Mostly sunny (10% cumulus), 75 F (24 C), dew point 39 F (4 C). 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...
2003-10-07 15:00:00 43.33 -87.931 Painted lady 7 180.0 18 archive 6-8 Painted Lady butterflies in a patch of wildflowers in an electric power line right-of-way. 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...
2005-03-20 13:00:00 33.5 -117.3 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 200 0.0 247.5 18 archive After two days of showers (18-19 Mar) sunny conditions returned today (20 Mar) and the Painted Lady migration continues. At first sighting (14 Mar) frequency was 3-4 seconds between singles and pairs. Today the frequency is more like 10-12 seconds. More...
2016-04-03 20:47:00 43.093535 -89.3385969 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 18 albertina72 Feeding on striped squill (Puschkinia scilloides) https://www.flickr.com/photos/txceylon/25950727830/in/dateposted-public/ More...
2015-06-02 18:12:00 42.024295556334 -93.646860118786 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 270.0 157.5 18 mariposa Ames, Iowa, Iowa State University campus. One Red Admiral flying toward the west, west of northwest corner of Memorial Union, about 10 feet up. 68 F (20 C), dewpoint 55 F (12.8 C), winds SSE, 160 degrees, 18 mph. Mostly cloudy, cirrostratus and cumulus. More...
2005-05-19 09:30:00 49.24 -103.53 Painted lady 4 225.0 18 archive nectaring on dandelions More...
2019-05-22 05:00:00 41.179753 -95.91783299999997 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 183 225.0 18 mariposa Fontenelle Forest Bellevue, Nebraska. Location precision: not recorded. The red admirals were enjoying nectar from wild raspberries and wild waterleaf. Last week saw very few red admirals and this week there was an abundance of them. Temperature, 66 F. Survey from 11:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. CDT. More...
Red admiral 37 18 mariposa No description. More...
2005-03-31 12:20:00 34.9507 -120.4313 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 500 0.0 315.0 18 archive No description. More...
2018-09-27 20:09:00 42.014093 -93.652266 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 3 225.0 18 mariposa Nectaring on white asters; possibly migrating southward. Iowa State University Cross-Country Field, Ames, Iowa. Location precision: within a 10m radius. 21.7 C (71 F), dew point 8.3 C (47 F), partly sunny (decreasing cumulus clouds), gusting winds. More...
2012-10-08 05:00:00 52.7362682 -108.3052431 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 315.0 18 Donald Davis (Andrea Jackson) Here are pics of the 2 butterflies from yesterday at the moth bait. Annie determined that one is a Red Admiral. We both agreed that the other is some kind of Polygonia ... ??? 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...
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...
2007-03-14 13:30:00 26.153 -97.969 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 90.0 180.0 18 archive I've reported before on migrating Red Admirals and on some that seemed to be overwintering here in South Texas. My school is next to a large nursery, and this one was leaving the nursery heading east - it almost flew into my driver's side window. 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...
41.234332 -95.916497 Painted lady 15 17 mariposa Walked the gardens at Lauritzen Gardens. Started out with few showers then turned sunny. More...
41.179753 -95.917833 Painted lady 2 17 mariposa No description. More...
2005-04-05 14:50:00 42.0227 -93.6076 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 1 180.0 17 archive Red Admiral flying north-northeast about 5-6 feet above the ground between houses. More...
2017-10-02 19:30:00 51.1802192 -1.8270873 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 1 337.5 17 Andover Butterflies No description. 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...
2018-05-01 16:12:00 42.030032936333754 -93.64127996116508 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 180.0 17 mariposa On May 1, I saw my first Red Admiral in the Forestry Greenhouse on the Iowa State University campus, Ames, Iowa. It was a large, fresh individual that looks as if it had recently eclosed. More...
2020-03-31 18:22:00 30.0879121 -93.34443768 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 17 mariposa Lake Charles, Louisiana (location obscured). Visited clover and shallot flowers. Windy, 71F. Observed by ilouque, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/41119462 More...
2005-03-27 12:00:00 34.9507 -120.4313 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 400 337.5 225.0 17 archive I found you website and would like to take part! I live in Santa Maria, California (Yes, yes, home of the Michael Jackson trial...) I began noticing Painted Lady butterflies in impressive numbers on 3/27/05 flying on a north-northwest direction. More...
41.234332 -95.916497 Red admiral 6 17 mariposa Started out with sprinkles then sunny. More...
2017-08-03 23:24:00 39.5523062 -95.3503193 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1000 17 Mary Ann Bowman... <p>the butterflies have been here for about 2 weeks---we are located about 2 and half miles from Lancaster KS</p> More...
2018-06-15 21:03:00 42.02958603937473 -93.64625396222152 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 180.0 17 mariposa Large fresh butterfly nectaring on common burdock. This individual was one of the first of the summer generation to be observed here. Science II Prairie, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. Location precision: within a 2m radius. More...
2015-05-06 19:15:00 43.523908193424 -95.118770595129 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 180.0 16 Chris Windy day and Red Admiral was flying around playground equipment stopping to feed on dandelion blooms. More...

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