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)sort descending Wind Speed Observed By Description/Notes
2018-08-19 14:36:00 44.86084341433372 -68.74961475230299 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area, Specimen Record 1 3 Instar5 Butterfly was basking. Flight direction n/a or was not observed. More...
2005-06-21 12:00:00 53.4 -112.82 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 8000 0.0 archive On June 19th Wayne Hewitt reported "Today is the first day of a major wave of Painted Lady butterflies which hits this area every ten years or so". Yesterday (June 21) , the first day of summer, the wave hit Lindbrook (near Tofield). More...
2010-05-14 14:00:00 42.35 -85.74 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 archive We had an American Lady today at Sand Creek Preserve, 5/14/10, 2 PM, 62 degrees, no directional flight. More...
2016-06-07 05:00:00 46.013371 -81.39895999999999 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Killarney Provincial Park, Manitoulin District, Ontario, Canada. Location precision: within a 46m radius. Observed by alyssad, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3461530 More...
2008-04-22 18:45:00 41.42 -95.86 Red admiral 4 archive No description. More...
2017-09-08 09:00:00 45.644063366157 -93.648729670133 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1000000 CJeanJohnson Observed a 1/2 mile gravel road covered with butterflies. There was a swamp and soybeans on one side and a gravel pit and cornfield on the other side. Calm and sunny day. More...
2016-05-01 05:00:00 44.727997906938 -93.221045601752 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 14 John Shier Louisville Swamp (R4), Apple Valley, Minnesota. Survey count. More...
2019-06-30 16:54:00 45.63672871 9.197730672 Painted lady mariposa No description. More...
2002-01-13 12:00:00 31.438 -110.097 Red admiral 1 archive Observers: Hank and Priscilla Brodkin. More...
2019-04-13 18:41:00 41.168709 -95.89897200000001 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 2 0 mariposa Vanessa atalanta, Sarpy County, Nebraska, 04/13/2019. Location precision: within a 400m radius. Posing on sunny side of tree. Sunny, low 40s F. Observed by keithroragen, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/22421659 More...
2003-09-25 12:00:00 38.613 -90.26 Painted lady 0 archive No description. More...
2016-04-03 05:00:00 36.222857 -95.90835900000002 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Oxley Nature Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Location precision: within a 53m radius. Observed by cordulegaster58obliqua, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2877924 More...
2009-03-25 13:40:00 37.246 -121.828 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 45.0 archive Yesterday 3-25-09 I witnessed an enormous migration of what I thought were Monarchs. I was informed from the observation site that what I saw was probably Painted Lady butterflies. More...
2018-05-02 05:00:00 41.500098 -91.17212660000001 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa [Contributed by Paul Mayes, Iowa Insects] Yesterday [May 2, 2018] we saw 1 Red Admiral at Saulsbury Bridge County Park, Muscatine County,IA. Both sightings witnessed by elementary school children on field trips. More...
2006-11-29 12:00:00 31.281 -88 Red admiral 1 archive Ciba-Geigy plant (Superfund site). Observer: A. Block. More...
2002-04-26 12:00:00 43.53 -92.52 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 0 archive No description. More...
2019-04-22 16:00:00 42.4525111 -85.539378 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 0 butterflyqueen No description. More...
2003-05-19 12:00:00 49.65 -103.85 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 0 archive No description. More...
2010-05-20 10:45:00 43.04095 -76.406944 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 8 0.0 archive I saw these individuals at the following times: 10:45:00, (all the rest preceded by 10) :45:36, :49:03, 49:29, 49:45, 51:00, 52:50, 54:40 More...
2015-06-08 21:19:00 43.23337719 -79.06085193000001 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Larva: also on eButterfly. Paradise Grove, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. Location precision: within a 75m radius. Observed by dkaposi, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9533095 More...
2009-03-29 14:28:00 37.429 -121.804 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1 337.5 5 archive Pacific Daylight time. Open grassy slope. Breeze variable from 0 to 10 mph, out of the west to northwest. More...
2018-08-29 21:48:00 41.1523202 -72.251191 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 0 0 orientpoint Painted Ladies are a ubiquitous butterfly in Orient, NY but this year 0 have been sighted. More...
2000-05-07 12:00:00 28.1281 -82.6637 Painted lady 2 archive Yes, cardui is uncommon here in FL. I usually only see a few each year. Our data for the Brooker Creek Counts (4 teams each out for 2-4 hours covering part, but not nearly all of our 8300 acres).... More...
2006-01-31 12:00:00 25.678 -80.272 Red admiral 1 archive Observers: M.A. Koeneke and G. Koppel. More...
2015-05-19 13:47:00 43.130432 -77.532661 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 Lucy A Sheils Red Admiral was sitting in the sun on a drainpipe near my garden. I have a photo if you would like. More...
2019-04-25 17:00:00 34.172044 -116.54700200000002 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 100 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...
2003-09-16 12:00:00 42.73 -87.78 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 180.0 archive First large numbers of butterflies observed. More...
2010-05-03 12:00:00 43.76 -79.159 American lady 11 archive Hi Don, I saw 8 species butterfly on the 3rd of May. 15 Red Admirals and 11 American Lady. 4 Black Swallowtails and an Orange Sulphur laying eggs. Less #s and species today. Mike King More...
2015-04-18 05:00:00 30.199119 -98.11452400000002 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa 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/1403572 More...
2005-03-27 11:00:00 34.47 -118.2 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 10000 315.0 archive I first observed the Painted Ladies on Easter Sunday, March 27th, 2005. Approximately 11 am we were driving from Acton, California to Glendale, California and I was amazed at how many of these butterflies were in the air. They seemed to be moving in a North-West direction. More...
2009-03-29 12:00:00 32.15 -81.1 American lady 2 archive Observer: J. Monroe More...
2017-09-17 05:00:00 39.751584 -105.153122 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 25 0 mariposa Golden, Colorado. Sunny, in the 60's F, calm. Yesterday, 9/16/17, I first noticed about 20-30 butterflies on the flowers in my front yard. I never see this many at one time, so it really struck me. More...
2007-04-19 12:00:00 41.18 -95.9169 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive We saw the first Red Admiral on April 19th in Fontenelle Forest, Bellevue, Sarpy County, NE. More...
2017-04-15 05:00:00 41.949766968101 -82.516594640188 Painted lady 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...
2022-11-06 05:00:00 35.639625 -77.360575 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 3 0 mariposa Observed by Salman Abdulali, Carolinaleps. Pitt County Arboretum, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. Latitude 35.639625, Longitude -77.360575, Accuracy within a 300m radius. More...
2019-04-25 20:23:00 39.94381194 -105.27615300000002 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Shadow Canyon, Boulder County, Colorado. Location precision: within a 25m radius. And a ton of them in the mahonia patch along the southern road bit of Shadow Canyon. Temperature 65F. Observed by roomthily, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. More...
2003-09-10 12:00:00 44.98 -93.2636 Painted lady 0 archive Downtown Minneapolis More...
2010-05-20 12:00:00 40.74408 -73.97634 Red admiral 13 archive Observer: Jeff Glassberg. May 20, 2010. Red Admiral (13), 2nd Ave x 33rd St., Manhattan, NYC, NY. More...
2013-08-25 05:00:00 32.6513 -109.81310000000002 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui, Wet Canyon, Pinaleno Mountains, Graham Co., Arizona, 25 August 2013. Location precision: within a 10m radius. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/377956 More...
2009-04-18 12:00:00 28.5 -80.93 American lady 1 archive Observers: Miami Blue NABA Chapter; L. Cooper, B. Cooper, E. Nuehring, R. Nuehring, L. Evans, L. Blackwelder, and B. Smith. More...
2017-09-28 15:05:00 44.32906172 -89.21376112000002 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 2 0 mariposa 62 F, partial sun, calm. More...
2007-05-01 12:00:00 42.35 -85.74 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive We've had our first red admiral on May 1, 2007 at Sand Creek Preserve, Alamo Township, Kalamazoo county, MI. Temp was 65 degrees and partly cloudy. No directional flight. A friend reported one in Berrien county MI on April 30 and another friend on May 1 in Barry county MI. Ilse Gebhard More...
2016-12-11 06:00:00 36.689610284174 -6.1490414888719 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 mariposa This butterfly was observed and photographed by José Angel Sánchez Abrines in the Zoobotánico Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera, Province of Cádiz, Spain. Mariano Cuadrado sent me a photo and the details of this observation. Also see http://inaturalist.ca/observations/6161118. More...
2023-09-02 19:08:00 42.18310350288839 -121.73010385197144 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 Naturetreker Landed on my leg More...
2005-06-02 13:00:00 39.5403 -119.7501 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 500 0.0 archive Observer: Linda Valdez. We just saw hundreds of little Monarch [probably Painted Lady] butterflies at 1:00 p.m. on 06/02/05, all going north in Sparks, Nevada, 89431. More...
2015-03-28 22:06:00 33.764432544325 -118.03452477946 West coast lady 1 Bud Foshee No description. More...
2019-04-24 22:12:00 42.59074138 -99.71970550999998 Painted lady 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/23748147 More...
2005-04-01 12:00:00 38.2919 -122.4569 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 10000 0.0 archive First large migration observed in hills around Sonoma on 4/1/05, and was in progress from here to Sacramento (60 miles east, north east). thousands of individuals moving north over entire landscape. Stopped abruptly with hard winter rain storm on 4/3. More...
2009-09-19 10:15:00 32.44 -104.27 Red admiral 1 5 archive Erratic flying around apple tree -- tree loaded with apples, birds, and insects. Later, it sat in the shade on a woody trunk with wings folded for over an hour. More...
2017-07-01 14:13:00 46.8129371 -100.78814439999996 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa 214 E Ave D, Bismarck, North Dakota 58501, USA. Observation by megnd, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. Location precision: 181m radius. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6871787 More...

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