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)sort descending Wind Direction (Degrees) Wind Speed Observed By Description/Notes
2017-10-03 16:50:00 41.24782879 -96.17420850000002 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 4 337.5 0 mariposa [jodygreen, Vanessa Migration Project on iNaturalist] It's cold and rainy. Cold, 60F, drizzling. Butterflies resting or meandering. Location precision: 293 m radius. More...
2006-01-17 12:00:00 33.6706 -117.837 Red admiral 1 archive No description. More...
2020-04-01 22:15:00 26.094845475370004 -80.31302671242905 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 2 0 badewitt 2 Red Admirals flying together and separately in 30' corridor. 1 landed on me at least 6 times. More...
2002-04-26 12:00:00 41.144 -73.914 Painted lady 1 archive Observer: T. Fiore. More...
2015-05-10 17:15:00 42.89842 -78.87738 Red admiral Specimen Record 1 jhauser42 Observed 1 Red Admiral flying from flower to flower in the yard. More...
2019-04-22 17:15:00 42.02861325339965 -82.91645035206608 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 15 0 Donald Davis Harrow, Ontario, Canada. Location precision: estimated within a 150m radius. Observed by Jeff Larson. More...
2003-04-13 12:00:00 40.75 -111.9 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 0 archive No description. More...
2010-05-19 12:00:00 44.34 -73.1 Red admiral 3 archive Hello (Dr. Bitzer?), I have been observing what I think is an unusual number of red admiral butterflies this year (more than I can remember since decades, if ever). More...
2015-07-20 14:03:00 38.930205 -77.16784899999999 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Pimmit Stream Run, McLean, Virginia. Location precision: not recorded. Observed by lonnyholmes, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1794187 More...
2008-04-20 12:00:00 49.88 -97.15 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 1 archive Larry de March, C 2008, Photo #178064. Might be an early record. "Butterflies of Manitoba" 1989 gives May 4 as early date. [Partly worn to worn individual] More...
2017-09-08 22:01:00 41.24828879 -96.17402415999999 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 12 0 mariposa 16618 Pierce St, Omaha, Nebraska. About a dozen on butterfly bush. Sunny, 80 F. Observation by jodygreen, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. Location precision: 155m radius. More...
2007-03-17 12:00:00 32.305 -84.027 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive Dear friends, For what it is worth, I had my first Red Admiral sighting here in Montezuma , GA 31063 on Saturday, March 17, 2007. Chris Inhulsen More...
2017-04-16 20:49:00 42.9053449 -85.330437 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 3 5 aphipps Three female Red Admirals laying eggs on Nettles, the plants are only about six inches high. The tiny green eggs were deposited on the top of the leaf. I watched for about an hour, the egg laying was quite prolific, some leaves had several eggs on a single leaf. 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...
2006-03-12 12:00:00 28.47 -81.74 American lady 4 archive Observers: B. and L. Cooper, B. Bindschadler, N. Prine, R. and K. Mulholland, and Ingrid More...
2015-04-30 16:10:00 30.0096286 -99.1218524 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 2 Ginny Once again -- did not record the precise time we saw these butterflies. It was after 11:10 am. More...
2019-05-05 05:00:00 43.6051 -84.29840000000002 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 21 0 DenBrook May 5, 2019 – 21 Red Admirals in Midland County, Michigan (43.6051, - 84.2984). Still waiting for some ladies. More...
2003-09-21 12:00:00 41.7959 -87.5775 Painted lady 0 archive 55th and Promontory Point, Chicago, near Lake Michigan More...
2014-03-18 05:00:00 30.224476 -97.65729899999997 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Hornsby Bend Wastewater Treatment Ponds and Wildlife Areas, Travis County, Texas. Location precision: within a 114m radius. This is a dull one, but I think it is Painted Lady rather than American Lady? If I am wrong I hope one of my lep friends will let me know! More...
2005-03-25 13:30:00 34.249 -118.478 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 27 270.0 9 archive 27 butterflies observed between 13:30 and 13:35 PST. Note: Counts across a 175' line except as noted. There were more earlier ~12:30 P.M. More...
2009-05-04 12:00:00 43.75 -81 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive 1 egg found and 1 adult seen flying. More...
2017-09-07 05:00:00 39.368279 -99.84375 Painted lady Migrating individual(s), Presence of butterfly in your area 100 0 mariposa Hill City, Kansas. There must of been thousands to start with. They are all over the flowers in our garden but the most were on the sedium. They floated in the air (very little breeze). We had put up a humming bird feeder and the painted ladies enjoyed that as well. More...
2007-02-17 12:00:00 37.45 -122.38 West coast lady 1 archive San Mateo County. Observers: J. Hall and D. Edwards. More...
2023-04-10 21:07:00 42.06970956427691 -91.78427681825104 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 0 CindyZ No description. More...
2006-03-19 12:00:00 30.95 -91.46 Red admiral 4 archive Observer: C. Marks More...
2015-08-09 22:19:00 34.68139 -86.720168 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 tfmartn Not observed in flight, was nectaring on Buttefly Bush (Buddleja davidii). Photo: https://flic.kr/p/xgsSjo More...
2019-05-06 17:35:00 40.11603196 -105.29511809999997 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Boulder County, Colorado. Location precision: within a 65m radius. Temperature 60 F, cloudy. Observed by roomthily, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/24703540 More...
2003-11-01 12:00:00 37.45 -122.38 West coast lady 7 archive Observers: J. Hall and D. Edwards. More...
2010-05-24 12:00:00 45.933 -81.966 Red admiral 0 archive Several Monarchs seen on Manitoulin Is. (Green Bush road, SW of Little Current) on lilac flowers on 24th May 2010. Also many red admirals, but all well worn. J.K. Morton, Professor Emeritus More...
2012-05-08 05:00:00 33.3131373 -116.85879249999999 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa 21820 Crestline Rd, Palomar Mountain, California 92060. Location precision: within a 195m radius. Observed by megnd, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/12262670 More...
2009-03-22 12:00:00 31.45 -93.14 Red admiral 1 archive Observer: C. Marks. More...
2017-08-01 17:22:00 35.35336333 -80.93035832999999 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 2 0 mariposa Latta Plantation Park, Huntersville, North Carolina. Observation by rostamam, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. Location precision: not recorded. Photo: https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/9468561/medium.jpg?1501633611 More...
2007-05-04 12:00:00 43.75 -81 Red admiral 2 archive 2 chasing each other in the backyard. More...
2017-06-05 05:00:00 51.584947 -112.53657 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 Donald Davis [A report by Tim Schowalter, cited here by Charles Bird] The Painted Ladies are back again. On Saturday, I saw a worn individual at the J.J. More...
2015-11-20 21:45:00 35.7611175 -81.3708754 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 22.5 8 mariposa 1 Red Admiral today in Geitner Park, Hickory, North Carolina. Hilltopping. David Campbell (Carolina Leps List). ca. 35.76112 N, 81.37088 W. More...
2019-04-29 21:10:00 42.0276709 -93.6295111 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 135.0 12 mariposa Brookside Park, Ames, Iowa. Flew into the woods, then was basking in the sun and landing near nettles. Location precision: within a 5m radius. Mostly sunny, windy. Observed by iowabiologist, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. More...
2001-06-23 11:30:00 53.5 -112.05 Red admiral 1 6 archive 11:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Husky Plaza mall, 1 block south of intersection Hwy 16A and Hwy 857, NE corner of S13 T52 R15 W4. More...
2018-06-21 17:50:00 46.20821153 -91.29188085999999 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa 13430 County Highway M, Cable, Wisconsin. Location precision: within a 5m radius. Observed by happleman, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13643296 More...
2005-04-10 12:00:00 42.1517 -93.8248 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive I saw a red admiral at my place on Sunday April 10, about noon, trying to nectar on my apricot tree. More...
2009-09-29 12:00:00 36.159 -86.85 Painted lady 1 315.0 7 archive No description. More...
2017-07-01 15:23:00 46.65464018 -87.63020323 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Ishpeming Township, Michigan. Location precision: not recorded. Observation by nonfictionsteve, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8026704 More...
2007-05-15 12:00:00 44.0283 -78.3875 Red admiral 2 archive Butterfly breeder Rod Parrott of Port Hope, Ontario (north shore of Lake Ontario 100 km east of Toronto) captured 2 female red admirals in his small wire butterfly trap (attracted to very ripe bananas) yesterday. More...
2017-09-06 14:00:00 41.701407607466 -91.596396189637 Painted lady Migrating individual(s), Presence of butterfly in your area 100 mariposa (Observed by Cicely Brennan in Coralville, Iowa) As I was walking my dog this morning down Lynncrest Dr., I noticed lots of butterflies that at first I thought were Monarchs. But they looked too small, and had dusty middles. More...
2006-04-16 12:00:00 30.658 -91.997 Painted lady 5 archive Observer: C. Marks. More...
2015-12-08 21:45:00 30.563306 -97.548479000002 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 marillionjade24 Very battered and faded and furiously defended a sunny garden spot. Landed on my shoulder too. Didn't stay long. More...
2019-05-22 18:20:00 42.35248855773976 -85.74275790454573 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 Ilse Gebhard Nectaring on wood hyazinth More...
2010-06-29 10:15:00 42.359 -71.728 Red admiral 2 archive Subject: [MassLep] Tower Hill Botanic Garden- Boylston ,MA. Butterfly sightings during a Tower Hill Botanic Garden walk today between 10:15 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. are as follows: American Lady 1, Red Admiral 2, Monarch 1. Wendy Miller, Boylston,MA More...
2011-04-14 05:00:00 34.469611 -77.47190999999998 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 2 0 mariposa North Topsail Island, Onslow County, North Carolina. Location precision: estimated within a radius of 6 km. Most of the nectar sources on the island seem to be wild ones at this time of year. More...
2005-04-06 12:00:00 26.0725 -98.1423 Painted lady 10 archive I recorded 10-12 individual V. cardui on April 6 but 5-6 on April 7. More...
2010-04-11 11:00:00 41.54302 -93.46481 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 archive Photographed, nectaring on dandelions More...

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