Butterfly Observations

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E.g., Friday, March 29, 2024
E.g., Friday, March 29, 2024
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Date and Time Latitude Longitude Species Type Number Observed Flight Direction (Degrees)sort descending Wind Direction (Degrees) Wind Speed Observed By Description/Notes
2019-04-25 05:00:00 34.172044 -116.54700200000002 West coast lady Presence of butterfly in your area 2 0 mariposa Pioneertown Mountains Preserve, SanBernardino County, California, slightly north west of Pioneertown, elevation 4300-5300 feet. [Location estimated within a 2 km radius.] Full sun mid 80s? More...
2010-05-14 12:00:00 43.76 -79.159 Red admiral 39 archive From: MA King. Hi Donald- Yes, I counted 39, but there were many more than that, I should think. I left East Point Park at 12:30 PM, just when the mist was lifting. I only saw one Am. Lady and 5 Common Sulphur. At home, in Brampton, I have 5 Red Ad. scooting around the backyard. More...
2015-04-18 05:00:00 30.199119 -98.11452400000002 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa A worn and tattered individual. Peabody Place, Dripping Springs, Texas 78620. Location precision: within a 25m radius. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1403594 More...
2009-04-28 12:00:00 36.38 -79.31 Red admiral 1 archive I covered a different area of Caswell Game Land today (April 28), under sunny and warm conditions. I was mainly in the interior of a forest, along a creek and slopes, mostly looking at plants. But, I was able to walk a dirt road for a bit, and the largest creek had some exposed mud and gravel. More...
2017-09-17 05:00:00 39.5186 -104.76136300000002 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 25 0.0 15 mariposa Parker, Colorado. Nectaring on zinnias. Cool 65 F with cloud cover and sun; wind from the north, 15 mph. Observation by amymom2, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. Locational precision: uncertain. More...
2007-04-21 09:00:00 41.175 -95.9086 Red admiral 9 archive We saw the first Red Admiral on April 19th in Fontenelle Forest, Bellevue, Sarpy County, NE. Today, the 21st, there were 9 individuals in the same area from 9 am to 11 am. More...
2017-04-15 05:00:00 41.951091529755 -82.517753354496 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 Donald Davis [Reported by Ellen Smout, Point Pelee National Park, Ontario] On Saturday April 15, 7 great birders joined me for the OFO trip to Point Pelee NP. .... It was a fun trip. We did have Red Admirals, cabbage white and painted Lady. We did not see a Mourning Cloak which I thought we would have. More...
2022-11-05 19:12:00 32.656927 -79.945579 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Observed by Dennis M. Forsythe, CarolinaLeps newsgroup posting. Folly Beach Community Garden, Folly Beach, South Carolina, USA. 2:10 - 2:15 p.m. Latitude 32.656927, Longitude 79.945579, Accuracy: within a 40m radius. More...
2015-06-26 05:00:00 41.681389072652 -93.021888894305 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 20 67.5 8 mariposa [E-mail from Katie Cantu in reply to my posting to the Iowa Insects Mailing List.] There have been a few “swarms” of Red Admirals around the Newton area. More...
2019-04-27 16:55:00 40.0131485 -105.29849730000001 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 0 mariposa Lower Arapahoe, Boulder, Colorado, USA. Location precision: within a 107m radius. Temperature 70 F, calm. Observed by roomthily, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/23494929 More...
2003-09-15 12:00:00 40.0192 -82.8794 Painted lady 0 archive No description. More...
2010-05-24 12:00:00 43.9372 -76.8592 Red admiral 100 archive This one stumped me for a brief while, but Point Traverse is on a peninsula jutting out into Lake Ontario near the renowned Prince Edward Point National Wildlife Area - excellent for birds and monarchs. Latitude 43° 56' 15" Longitude -76° 51' 33". More...
2013-09-02 05:00:00 32.2584 -104.71190000000001 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Last Chance Canyon, near Sitting Bull Falls, Lincoln National Forest, Eddy Co., New Mexico, 2 September 2013. Location precision: within a 50m radius. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/386629 More...
2005-04-05 09:00:00 37.47 -122.12 Painted lady 5 archive Few individuals in holly tree (which is in bloom), presumably stopping to feed during migration More...
2009-04-18 12:00:00 31.55 -87.52 Red admiral 1 archive Observer: H. Zirlin. More...
2017-09-29 19:26:00 41.24811476 -96.17413225999996 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 85 0 mariposa 77 F, sunny More...
2007-04-30 12:00:00 41.95 -86.42 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive A friend reported one in Berrien County, MI on April 30 and another friend on May 1 in Barry County, MI. More...
2017-05-08 15:14:00 38.445388004907 -122.81139850167 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 2 Lisahug No description. More...
2023-11-04 21:15:00 33.887729 -78.436446 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina The blue / purple lantana plantings lining the round-a-bout in front of the pier were swarming with butterflies from 4:00 pm to 4:30 pm today 11/4/23. More...
2015-04-08 22:07:00 33.765807 -118.041778 West coast lady 1 Bud Foshee No particular observation More...
2019-04-24 22:15:00 42.53917283 -99.66005025999999 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Nebraska, US. Location (within 28 km) obscured by request of observer. Mostly sunny. Observed by allysond, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/23748238 More...
2001-07-07 10:00:00 53.675 -112.85 Red admiral 2 0 archive 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. NW corner of S26 T53 R20 W4. More...
2010-06-20 18:00:00 30.59 -87.01 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 202.5 4 archive Milton, FL 32583, Santa Rosa County. Seen along the edge of woody area, about 50' from river. More...
2018-05-01 15:33:00 41.93854 -82.51457333000002 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Point Pelee National Park, Leamington, Ontario, Canada. Location precision: not recorded. Observed by dbmcc09, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/12715382 More...
2009-09-26 09:30:00 32.44 -104.27 Red admiral 1 5 archive It was making use of the native plant yard. Landed on various trunks, sunned itself on the concrete wall with wings open. Also flew around the rotting apples on apple tree. More...
2017-07-01 22:42:00 47.3211099 -101.3815477 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Stanton, North Dakota 58571, USA. In front of the Coal Country Inn. Observation by megnd, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. Location precision: uncertain. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6879242 More...
2007-05-10 12:00:00 44.585 -77.5 Red admiral 0 archive Leslie McClair wrote: Butterflies seen May 10 -- Spring Azure, Cabbage White, Mustard White, Common Sulphur, Red Admiral, Mourning Cloak, Milbert's Tortoise Shell, Compton Tortoise Shell. Les McClair, Madoc More...
2017-08-31 16:15:00 38.40988569527 -122.82105445403 West coast lady 1 Lisahug No description. More...
2005-04-03 12:00:00 36.9065 -120.1402 Painted lady 2000 archive Observer: Cindy Johnson. Thousands of Monarchs [probably Painted Ladies] near San Joaquin River. More...
2013-06-11 05:00:00 53.407574 -113.7597058 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 24 Donald Davis (Shelley Ryan-Hovind) Devonian Botanic Garden, southwest of Edmonton, Alberta. No signs (of monarchs) at Devonian Botanical Gardden (south of Edmonton) either. However, it was encouraging to find a couple dozen Red Admiral 2nd instar caterpillars on nettles today!!! More...
2019-05-10 18:06:00 35.80978942 -115.96261320000002 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 200 0 mariposa Inyo County, California. Location precision: within a 5m radius. Two hundred or more (200). They were thick as ants in this small valley. Probably the most butterflies I have seen in one small canyon ever! 58 degrees F, calm. Post rain, all night and early am. More...
2001-07-03 10:00:00 53.5 -113.17 Painted lady 3 135.0 8 archive 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Midway point between NE and NW corner of S15 T52 R22 W4. More...
2010-06-20 12:00:00 50.89 -109.65 Red admiral 5 archive Hi Bugsters, Algae, We were in Leader, Saskatchewan, for the weekend, and on the way back into Alberta I noticed a few red admirables (Vanessa atalanta) crossing the roads. More...
2019-02-18 19:22:00 33.88254166 -116.5026474 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 100 0 mariposa Saw close to 100 individuals flying over Dillon Road (to place of sighting). Many crossing the road. Roadkill estimates likely high. 22755 Palm Dr, Desert Hot Springs, California 92240. Location precision: not recorded. Observed by inlewis, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. More...
2005-04-19 14:00:00 44.985 -79.208 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 270.0 13 archive Flight direction, random foraging, 1 butterfly (fresh condition) observed 2:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada, Postal Code P1L 1X1. More...
2009-10-19 13:08:00 42.02258 -93.60744 Painted lady 1 180.0 archive Fresh individual, patrolled back yard twice; mostly nectaring on New England Aster. Last Painted Lady sighted this year. More...
2017-04-01 18:22:00 37.745675 -122.37592999999998 West coast lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa 94124, San Francisco, California. Location precision: not reported. Observation by rebeccafay, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5530701 More...
2004-05-05 18:48:00 42.0267 -93.6458 Red admiral 31 180.0 archive Survey of territories on Iowa State University campus, route 2. Partly cloudy; cirrus and cirrostratus over 70% of sky. South wind; leaves rustle. More...
2007-06-12 15:00:00 42.35 -85.74 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 1 archive Hi, We had our first painted lady yesterday, June 12, at 3 pm, 85 degrees, nectaring on lance-leaf coreopsis at Sand Creek Preserve, Alamo township, Kalamazoo county, MI. Ilse Gebhard More...
2017-09-13 21:31:00 45.537529847586 -94.188836756529 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 40 0 DickS Ten to 40 individuals on asters in my yard, and up and down the street where good blossoms are present, all day when sunny; have been here for over a week! More...
2012-08-25 05:00:00 53.544389 -113.4909267 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 Donald Davis (John Acorn) One red admiral in a bait trap yesterday, in Edmonton. Ca. 53.54 N, 113.49 W More...
2019-08-03 05:00:00 36.166238 -75.75597099999999 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Duck Community Park, Duck, North Carolina. Location precision: estimated within a 300m radius. Observed by Tom Stock, CarolinaLeps Newsgroup: "Biked into Duck from Southern Shores yesterday (August 3) waving to everyone sitting in traffic. More...
2005-11-16 12:00:00 40.563 -73.877 Red admiral 1 archive Observer: T. Fiore. Butterfly was very fresh. More...
2005-04-04 12:00:00 36.45 -84.52 American lady 1 archive Observers: S. Steadman, R. Venable. Coordinates are for the centroid of Scott Co., Tennessee. More...
2012-08-14 05:00:00 45.062977430996 -74.771962201157 Painted lady Migrating individual(s), Presence of butterfly in your area 50 Donald Davis (Ross Dobson) Also observed many along Hwy 138 between Cornwall and Hwy 417 yesterday (August 14). More...
2019-05-22 16:11:00 43.16174830000001 -70.64825810000002 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 50 0 mariposa York, Maine. Location precision: estimated within a 5 km radius. Observed by Judy Goodell. "I read about your study in Xerces Society Gardening With Butterflies book today. I am forwarding photos taken in my yard on May 22 at 11:11 AM. More...
2005-10-01 12:00:00 38.938 -74.9669 Painted lady 35 archive "The Circle," Cape May Point, and Cape May State Park. Observer: A. Loudell. 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...
2012-05-03 05:00:00 41.95001772268846 -82.51452712080209 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 250 0 Donald Davis Henrietta T. O'Neill and myself spent the entire day covering the park. First the entire Tip area, then we walked the entire length of the park from the north end of Northwest Beach to the Tip, finishing at about 5:30 p.m. (and I still feel rather good!). More...
2005-06-18 08:00:00 49.7 -112.82 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 2000 archive On Thursday of this week I was astonished to see hundreds and hundreds of what I believe are Painted Ladies swarming in the lilac bushes next door and filling the air nearby. Again today, I went for a walk and there are literally thousands in the area at the present time. More...

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