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 ascending Observed By Description/Notes
2019-03-15 17:00:00 34.032958 -118.84655800000002 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 300 0.0 10 mariposa Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Los Angeles County, California. Location precision: within a 440m radius. Hundreds of them, migrating north. Survey from 10:00 a.m. through 2:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time. Observed by avtanski, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. More...
2005-10-12 12:05:00 44.2613 -69.0016 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 22.5 22.5 10 archive Very healthy and fresh appearing individual noted to be feeding on New England Aster. More...
2005-03-31 08:30:00 33.63 -117.68 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 315.0 270.0 10 archive About 2 per minute heading NW More...
2023-11-17 06:00:00 33.862253 -78.004939 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 90.0 10 mariposa Susan Andrews, CarolinaLeps news group, posted 11/17/23. Bald Head Island, North Carolina. Of three locations, the Red Admiral was found among the lagoon shrubs behind the tennis courts. Wind speed and direction, 12:00 p.m. EST, from the Ventusky wind map. More...
2001-07-15 13:30:00 54.7 -113.3667 Painted lady 3 10 archive 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. 2 miles south of Highway 2 on Rng Rd 231. More...
2005-03-26 11:30:00 33.47 -117.7 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1000 0.0 270.0 10 archive Today I saw lots of these butterflies. the first time I noticed them this year. I have seen this in the past. Duration all day, constant. I could count 20 or more by looking around. I am a Mail Man so delivering from 11:30 am to 4PM constant flow. More...
2015-11-25 06:00:00 42.2833333 -81.8666667 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 157.5 10 Donald Davis "I had a single Red Admiral (no other butterflies) at Rondeau today." Reuven Martin. (ca. 42.28333 N, 81.86667 W). Also two buckeyes further west at Point Pelee - tying the record late date (Donald Davis) More...
2005-06-01 16:30:00 44.52 -69 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 225.0 10 archive Relatively small individual noted to be slowly circling and occasionally alighting on the ground on a gravel driveway off a gravel road without any definite direction of flight. More...
2007-05-03 15:00:00 43.75 -81 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 270.0 10 archive 1 female ovipositing on Pearly Everlasting More...
2017-08-21 17:55:00 40.305724 -96.54320899999999 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 12 180.0 10 mariposa East Juniper Road, Filley, Nebraska. During the solar eclipse, in the last 5-10 minutes before totality, we saw about a dozen Painted Ladies flying south over the nearby soybean field. One dead one was found nearby. Mostly cloudy, sun 98% obscured, 77 F/25 C. 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...
2015-05-07 16:30:00 43.315155334054 -91.799998279807 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 3 67.5 0.0 10 larsenkj No description. More...
2015-05-20 17:00:00 47.050007953443 -91.92638396869 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 3 225.0 10 wmattson These were seen on a bike ride on a logging road. More...
2004-05-28 18:30:00 42.0267 -93.6458 Red admiral 38 112.5 10 archive Survey of territories, Iowa State University campus, route 3. Mostly cloudy; 60% stratocumulus, with blue sky high in the east. ESE wind; leaves rustle. 24.9 C - 23.5 C. More...
2017-09-17 16:26:00 42.99796 -88.2665101 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 17 270.0 10 stacey17 Saw 17 Painted Ladies nectaring on Sedum More...
2008-06-10 12:37:00 44.52 -69 American lady 1 135.0 10 archive No description. More...
2009-03-27 16:30:00 38.8219 -123.0845 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 2400 0.0 315.0 10 archive Hello, Today, March 27, 2009, at 4:30 pm (California) we observed northward migration of Painted Lady Butterflies at 2400 butterflies per hour. Location is 5 miles west of Cloverdale, CA 95425, elevation 1200', wind nw @ 10mph, sunny, 70 degrees. Thanks for this service, Reny More...
2015-06-16 18:14:00 42.024957065734 -93.648823496272 Red admiral Migrating individual(s), Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0.0 135.0 10 mariposa Ames, Iowa, ISU campus. One Red Admiral flying north by the east end of Alumni Hall. Mostly sunny, 10% cirrus, 76 F, dewpoint 56 F. The butterfly was flying about 12-15 feet above the ground. More...
2009-05-11 15:00:00 42.35 -85.74 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 0.0 10 archive We had our first red admiral for this spring today May 11, 3 pm, 62 degrees and sunny, winds 10mph out of the north. Pond View, Alamo Township, Kalamazoo County, MI. Ilse Gebhard 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...
2020-04-03 21:13:00 34.13482851 -118.6485238 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 3 180.0 10 mariposa Calabasas Village, Calabasas, California 91302, USA. Location precision: within a 181m radius. Three Red Admirals showed up at the west side of my house in the late afternoon and stayed for about half an hour, circling and chasing one another… 64 F, clear. More...
2015-05-09 05:00:00 43.431605832935 -92.009296413289 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 10 MJ Hatfield Today at the house, 1 over the driveway. Overcast, around 61 F, dewpoint 50 F. More...
2001-08-12 09:30:00 53.3833 -112.5167 Red admiral 2 135.0 10 archive 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. More...
2019-03-16 17:00:00 35.247532 -120.706009 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 100 0.0 270.0 10 mariposa Irish Hills Natural Reserve, Los Osos, California. Location precision: not recorded. Lots of them, going straight north. Survey time from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time. Observed by avtanski, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. More...
41.234332 -95.916497 Red admiral 32 10 mariposa No description. More...
2005-03-23 13:00:00 34.27 -118.17 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 180.0 10 archive I did this to see if they flying up the canyon to go over the mountains More...
2015-05-04 05:00:00 43.43159025044 -92.009146210653 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 45.0 10 MJ Hatfield First red admiral (for sure) yesterday. In the driveway at the house. 43 25'53.54" N, 92 00'31.77" W (or 43.43165 N, 92.00911 W). Approximate weather conditions: Fair, NE breeze, 10 mph, temp. in mid to upper 60s. More...
2007-06-25 12:55:00 44.52 -69 Red admiral 1 112.5 10 archive Somewhat worn appearing individual, not fresh looking... More...
2007-07-21 15:45:00 44.52 -69 American lady 1 315.0 10 archive Flying around in circles in one area More...
2005-03-26 14:00:00 33.625 -117.6853 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1000 315.0 270.0 10 archive Painted Ladies migrating in uncountable numbers, going northwest through Orange County, Southern California. I first noticed them 2PM PST Sat March 26, heading NW, unable to estimate how many. Far too many to count. The weather was bright, high haze, hazy sun, fairly windy from the west (10mph?). More...
2005-04-17 14:00:00 44.4254 -91.6955 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 112.5 10 archive butterfly was resting on the ground in sunny spots - flitting from one spot to another in a small area. The area is an open woods at the edge of a remnant prairie. More...
2005-04-01 15:40:00 34.333 -119.6833 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 100 315.0 270.0 10 archive Many butterflies were flying up to and over a breakwater. They flew in over the open water on a a heading that would have brought them from Ventura/Oxnard/Port Heuneme/Point Mugu which is 30+ miles across open ocean. More...
2016-04-12 22:49:00 42.025693120553 -93.645012438316 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 4 180.0 10 mariposa Between 5:15 and 6:00 p.m. CDT, I found three Red Admirals holding territories on or near the west side of Catt Hall, and one on the porch roof of the Sloss House, both at Iowa State University. More...
2019-06-05 01:03:00 42.0249746 -93.6476296 Red admiral 112 10 mariposa One of three contesting for a territory in this particular spot. Many more small Red Admirals have arrived in central Iowa during the past week. 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...
2015-05-20 17:00:00 47.049072239977 -91.925697322942 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 50 225.0 10 wmattson These were seen on a bike ride of about one mile on a logging road. I have never seen so many American Ladies on one day. I was hoping to see a Painted Lady to score a Vanessa trifecta, but looking as hard as I could, there was none to be found. More...
2007-06-26 10:00:00 45.54 -94.19 Red admiral 15 180.0 10 archive All over my yard; difficult to count. Many nectaring in top of Tilia cordata heavy with bloom, where I can't count them. MN Landscape Arboretum was lousy with this species 2 days ago. Get somebody there to report for you (it's a branch of U of MN). More...
2008-06-06 15:40:00 43.67 -84.38 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 225.0 10 archive Necturing on clover More...
2007-05-27 12:06:00 44.52 -69 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 0.0 270.0 10 archive On apple tree blossom More...
2001-07-15 13:30:00 54.7 -113.3667 Red admiral 1 10 archive No description. More...
2017-10-12 18:35:00 36.128846 -95.982748500004 American lady 5 180.0 10 Montezmutzig@me.com Saw mix of American (5) and Painted ladies (7) nectaring on purple asters More...
41.234332 -95.916497 Painted lady 3 10 mariposa on my weekly walk through the gardens, More...
2017-02-04 18:35:00 29.19667694166 25.54973602189 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 3 67.5 10 mariposa On February 4, 2017, I saw three Red Admirals when visiting Cleopatra's Spring in the Siwa Oasis in northwest Egypt. Two landed in irrigated garden beds beneath date palms, and a third one flew out of the garden area toward the spring. More...
2005-04-02 15:30:00 37.4925 -120.8481 West coast lady Migrating individual(s) 9000 315.0 337.5 10 archive Type of sighting: Migrating groups. Flight direction: North, West, and Northwest. On 04/01/2005 observed approximately 40 to 60 individuals per minute from 1300 through 1700. On 04/02/2005 observed approximately 80 to 120 individuals per minute from 1530 through 1700. More...
2007-07-08 14:30:00 44.52 -69 Red admiral 1 157.5 10 archive More brownish than blackish appearing individual, flying around in one area. No particular direction of flight noted. More...
2007-07-21 16:25:00 44.52 -69 Red admiral 1 0.0 315.0 10 archive Flying fast; did not alight. More...
2014-09-01 14:30:00 42.028746664582 -93.617382642208 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 225.0 10 mariposa Ames, Iowa. Large fresh individual, possibly a female, perching and flying in the sunshine on the south side of a house. Mostly sunny, 71 F, dewpoint 67 F. More...
2012-08-23 15:00:00 42.701674597642 -70.775217745463 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 100 225.0 270.0 10 Chaffee Monell Observed steady stream of Painted Ladies heading southward along upper margins of beach, where dune grass begins. Approximately 1 per minute. None appeared in groups. None stopped, though mustard flowers were available & Cabbage butterflies were using them. More...
2019-04-20 16:22:00 41.2451916 -96.08179969999998 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 1 45.0 180.0 10 Am30668 Flying through the yard, lit momentarily on violet bloom. Then, continued over the house in northeast direction. More...
2019-04-25 16:22:00 42.14716630426073 -87.83512038316911 Red admiral First butterfly of the season, Presence of butterfly in your area 2 0.0 112.5 10 jdd No description. More...

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