Butterfly Observations

E.g., Saturday, April 20, 2024
E.g., Saturday, April 20, 2024
E.g., Saturday, April 20, 2024
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Date and Time Latitude Longitude Species Type Number Observed Flight Direction (Degrees) Wind Direction (Degrees)sort descending Wind Speed Observed By Description/Notes
2017-09-08 15:00:00 41.2343318 -95.916497099998 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 10 Bud Foshee Hundreds of Painted Ladies nectaring in the wildflowers in the parking lot More...
2003-10-11 12:00:00 43.53 -76.24 American lady 1 archive On Sat. October 11 there were 5 species in the Derby Hill area of the town of Mexico. Monarchs - a cautious estimate of 400 per hour moving SW over the fields from 10-12:30. Clouded Sulphur 80+, Cabbage White 50+, Orange Sulphur 10+, American Lady 1. More...
2015-12-19 17:54:00 30.5147793 -97.653105100002 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 marillionjade24 Sunning itself on a large rock in the middle of the park More...
2019-07-20 05:00:00 35.721453 -78.68856599999998 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa North Carolina State University Agroecology Education Farm, Raleigh, North Carolina. Location precision: estimated within a 100m radius. Observed by Harry LeGrand, Carolinaleps Newsgroup. "I went back to the excellent NCSU Agro-ecology Farm garden this morning. More...
2005-11-14 12:00:00 40.42 -79.85 Painted lady 1 archive Observer: C. Lehman. More...
2012-04-17 05:00:00 45.348151 -65.55562399999997 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 2 0 Donald Davis John Klymko, April 18, 2012: I got a good response to my request for Red Admiral records from yesterday - thank you everyone who posted records so far. Below is a summary of the records I have received: St. Martins, NB: 15 Red Admirals at Daphne, and 2 or 3 Painted Ladies (Jane LeBlanc) More...
2010-01-01 12:00:00 34.79 -76.86 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 archive 1/01/10, American Lady, Newport, Carteret Co., NC (Bob Cavanaugh) More...
2017-04-25 18:08:00 39.62743159 -121.99793820000002 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Glenn County, California. Location precision: 167m radius. Observation by kestrel, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5959074 More...
2004-07-30 12:00:00 42.35 -85.74 American lady 1 archive No description. More...
2007-06-09 12:00:00 41.21 -91.34 American lady 1 archive It seems the butterfly season is getting into full swing here in SE Iowa – I saw these this morning: Cairo Woods Wildlife Area, Louisa County: 2 Pipevine Swallowtail; 2 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail; 4 Cabbage White; 6 Clouded Sulphur; 1 Orange Sulphur; 15 Eastern Tailed-Blue; 4 Spring Azure; 29 Gre More...
2017-09-20 21:00:00 46.3322179 -74.1119931 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 5 andrep Along the river More...
2001-04-22 12:00:00 44.06 -77.6 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive I am replying to your request on red Admiral migration. I live in southern Ontario Canada at about the mid point of the north shore of Lake Ontario. I saw my first Red Admiral of the year on the 22nd (only 1 on that day). More...
2012-06-24 05:00:00 42.0531634 -82.5998874 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1000 Donald Davis (Gary Tetzlaff) The fresh Red Admirals which are now on almost every thistle patch and Privet hedge aggressively chased away (numbered in the thousands by 24 June here in Leamington) Variegated Fritillaries and Painted Ladies at the spots I visited yesterday. More...
2005-03-20 12:00:00 37.162 -118.288 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 8 292.5 archive Mar 20--Big Pine: 8/50'/5min, most between NW & W. More...
2012-09-26 21:02:00 35.334045391121 -94.297550219719 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 Cliff Ivy Sunny warm. Short asters in yard. Painted lady was nectaring aster flowers. More...
2019-03-13 22:00:00 39.25615553080485 -121.21631613607497 West coast lady First butterfly of the season 2 0 David Adams I saw two Painted Ladies (probably West Coast Ladies) doing their "mating flight dance" this last Wednesday in my back yard here on 5 acres in Penn Valley, California (foothills in western Nevada County northeast of Sacramento). More...
2005-06-14 12:00:00 39.501 -119.8445 Painted lady 100 archive Hundreds and hundreds of Painted Ladies sighted in our garden on Saturday, June 11 through Monday, June 13 with fewer on Tuesday, June 14 and then none seen from Wednesday, June 15 until this morning, June 20. More...
2010-04-30 12:00:00 43.5024 -80.382 Red admiral 6 archive John G. Powers of Cambridge reports that on April 30th, he saw 6 - 7 red admirals, 2 male black swallowtails and a mourning cloak in Breslau, near the intersection of Hwy. 7 and Shantz Station Road. More...
2016-11-14 19:46:00 30.563355 -97.54856167000003 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa 208 Rinehardt St, Hutto, Texas. Location precision: not recorded. Observed by marillionjade24, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4582010 More...
2004-11-19 12:00:00 40.58 -74.15 American lady 1 archive Observer: T. Fiore. Refine coordinates. More...
2007-06-03 12:00:00 48.7172 -86.3806 Red admiral 0 archive Dr. More...
2005-03-30 12:00:00 35.06 -79.6 Red admiral 1 archive Observer: R. Emmitt. Sandhills Game Land, Richmond County. USGS Hoffman (NC) Topo Map Quad. More...
2019-05-20 12:03:00 39.2452 -119.84759500000001 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa 6205 Franktown Rd, Washoe Valley, Nevada. Location precision: within an 8m radius. Observed by gchisholm, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/25441945 More...
2003-03-08 12:00:00 28.53 -81.37 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 0 archive No description. More...
2012-10-03 22:02:00 35.345210653997 -94.29454047089 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 Cliff Ivy Painted lady nectaring frostweed flowers. More...
2019-03-30 15:00:00 35.31247009475271 -120.86496444636248 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 100 0 mariposa Los Osos/Morro Bay State Park, California. Location precision: estimated within a 400m radius. The weather on Saturday was warm and clear. The entire habitat is lush and full of wildflowers. This just added to the already innate beauty of Morro Bay. More...
2005-09-25 10:00:00 38.93 -104.69 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 100 180.0 archive First seen at 10:00 am MST. Approximately 80-100 individuals seen between 10-11:30 am. Only a few individuals seen after 11:30 am. They are flying nearly directly south. More...
2010-05-05 12:00:00 42.77 -70.85 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 8 0.0 archive Red Admirals and American Ladies coming through our yard! Today 5/5/ at least 8 Red Admirals flew through, moving north. And there are some which are hanging around the nettles. In addition, at least 4 American Ladies were either moving north or handing around. More...
2016-10-12 15:25:00 36.42245749 -115.7652008 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Willow Creek, Clark County, Nevada. Location precision: within a 3m radius. Observed by lonnyholmes, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4642332 More...
2005-03-15 12:00:00 33.9069 -118.0817 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 600 0.0 archive Observer: Terry Swart. I was on the patio yesterday afternoon when I noticed a steady stream of flying insects heading north. I watched more carefully and noticed that they were butterflies - Monarchs. More...
2006-05-27 12:00:00 41.25 -73.59 American lady 0 archive Observer: H. Zirlin. USGS Pound Ridge (NY,CT) Topo Map. More...
2016-03-17 07:57:00 34.089396 -117.978949 Red admiral First butterfly of the season, Presence of butterfly in your area, Specimen Record 25 Suranya Panprome No description. More...
41.179753 -95.917833 Red admiral 8 5 mariposa went on weekly walk around 11:30. It was very cloudy to begin with but started clearing up during the walk. More...
2002-01-01 12:00:00 28.6 -81.34 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 0 archive No description. More...
2005-06-16 12:00:00 49.7 -112.82 Painted lady 100 archive Monarchs are sometimes found in southern Alberta, and I'm hoping for some sightings from the Lethbridge area. Southern Alberta has been dealing with very wet conditions and flooding. However, the painted ladies are doing very well! More...
2010-05-14 18:49:00 41.41 -81.33 Red admiral 7 archive On May 14,th 2010 at 6:49 pm, about 6-7 Red Admirals sited in backyard chasing each other in the sun. Location is 41.41 N, and 81.33 W, our zip code is 44023. We have never seen this type of butterfly before and at first thought they were hummingbirds except the movement wasn’t right. More...
2016-06-13 05:00:00 35.9461 -100.0487 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa County Rd. 28 near Canadian, Texas. Location precision: within a 26m radius. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3453945 More...
2005-03-21 09:00:00 33.9436 -116.8524 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 50 archive Observer: Catherine Young. Starting at about 9:00am small clumps of butterflies have been flying across campus. We at the foot of the San Jacinto mountain range. The butterflies are also migrating across the middle school campus across town. More...
2008-04-24 19:30:00 43.75 -81 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive Two Red Admiral eggs obtained in Listowel (Maitland River Valley) at 7:30PM this evening. This is the earliest I have ever found them at this location. More...
2017-07-12 19:00:00 45.633303953891 -93.655932428567 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 2000000 CJeanJohnson Gravel roadway was covered with butterflies for two miles starting from marker point and continuing North to 67th St. Corn and Soybeans were planted on either side of the road in fields. Was a calm sunny day with very little wind if any. More...
2001-05-04 16:00:00 41.63 -111.85 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 200 0.0 archive We are having a migration of Vanessa cardui (scientific name should be underlined, but I can't in this program) at this time. They are moving northward through cache valley (Hyrum, UT). According to Dr. Jay Karen (USU), this is a small migration compared to the one of 1981/1982. More...
2016-05-04 05:00:00 44.787200708044 -93.030089455191 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 John Shier Pine Bend Bluffs Scientific and Natural Area (PB), Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota. Survey count. More...
2019-06-30 08:30:00 45.72316058 9.372205694 Painted lady mariposa No description. More...
2002-05-11 12:00:00 37.17 -118.3 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive No description. More...
2019-04-13 15:19:00 43.41446476 -79.69422801999997 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Oakville, Ontario, Canada. Location precision: within a 4m radius. Resting on the trunk of a tree. Observed by dbegbie, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/22412289 More...
2003-07-18 12:00:00 43.7 -103.44 Painted lady 0 archive Anonymous observer. More...
2007-06-25 12:00:00 48 -88.91 Red admiral 100 archive Additional comments: In late June of 2007 during a trip to Isle Royal in Lake Superior, I saw over a hundred Red admirals nectaring on Ninebark flowers. It was quite a memorable sight considering that their parents must have migrated over a considerable amount of open water. More...
2012-03-26 20:30:00 29.246432259292 -97.425955457587 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 220 mariposa Carol Cullar, near Westhoff, Texas, 29.24833 N, 97.41643 W. I spent 2.5 hrs. yesterday at Harlen and Altus' place east of Westoff, TX. [29degrees 14 min. More...
2019-04-15 20:11:00 35.82066666 -115.51513160000002 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Clark County, Nevada. Location precision: within a 10m radius. 70 F, light winds. Observed by lonnyholmes, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/22536656 More...
2005-06-19 12:00:00 52.33 -113.02 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 3000 0.0 archive Observer: Les Knapp (Charley Bird). From 2.00-2.30 PM today in our backyard in Erskine, Alberta, I saw at least 100 Painted Lady butterflies flying north. Some were nectaring at flowers, but most were flying strongly. I have never seen such large numbers in such a short period of time before. More...

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