Butterfly Observations

E.g., Thursday, April 18, 2024
E.g., Thursday, April 18, 2024
E.g., Thursday, April 18, 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
2019-04-09 18:00:00 41.234332 -95.91649699999999 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 7 0 mariposa Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha, Nebraska. I walk Lauritzen Garden every week doing butterfly inventory. Survey from 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. This week started 50% cloudy cover and ended 100%. Butterflies flying around passing us fairly fast. More...
2003-07-15 12:00:00 44.38 -103.66 Painted lady 0 archive Anonymous observer. More...
2010-05-09 14:00:00 41.63782 -87.05878 Red admiral 6 archive Comment: It was chilly and these guys were sunning themselves on a mostly shaded gravel road. It was a bit amusing as when a car would pass they would fly off but return to the sunny places within maybe 20 seconds. More...
2016-04-03 18:44:00 32.56704372 -80.18124778999999 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Johns Island, Johns Island, South Carolina. Location precision: within a 22m radius. Observed by david_gardner, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2874589 More...
2009-03-15 12:00:00 37.65 -119 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 270.0 archive The first wave of painted ladies (Vanessa cardui) have begun their migration through Mammoth Lakes, CA on the 15th of March at 9000+ft. They were headed west through town near Mammoth Pass into the San Joaquin drainage. R. More...
2006-11-18 12:00:00 41.036 -71.955 American lady 1 archive Observer: R. Kelly. More...
2020-01-28 17:15:00 19.05711583 -98.22862006000003 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa La Paz, Puebla, Pue., México. Location precision: not recorded. Feeding on lantana; not flying. Sunny, warm; wind calm. Observed by bodofzt, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/38063280 More...
2002-04-17 12:00:00 43.55 -80.25 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 0 archive Guelph, ON N1G 3H7 More...
2019-04-22 18:20:00 42.3524874651549 -85.74276774319208 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 Ilse Gebhard Flying around in the magnolia tree which is just starting to open the blossoms. More...
2003-03-18 12:00:00 33.28 -116.63 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 500 0.0 archive No description. More...
2010-05-12 12:00:00 45.5308 -73.8154 Red admiral 2 archive From Étienne Normandin sur Mer Mai 12, 2010 9:46 a.m. 2 Vanessa atalanta + 1 Vanessa virginiensis at Ste.-Dorothée: 12-05-10 More...
2016-02-25 17:00:00 30.192299 -97.60660100000001 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 200 0 mariposa Abundant today on a sunny late morning after overnight temps near freezing. I probably saw several hundred individuals. Southeast Metro Park, Travis County, Texas. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2715923 More...
2005-03-17 15:00:00 32.66 -117.03 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 100 0.0 archive No description. More...
2009-03-29 14:28:00 37.429 -121.804 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1 292.5 5 archive Pacific Daylight time. Open grassy slope. Breeze variable from 0 to 10 mph, out of the west to northwest. More...
2018-07-21 20:37:00 37.8816881 -122.29230310000003 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 debsus Sucking the nectar of a Buddleia outside our window in our garden. I do have several pictures. More...
2006-01-17 12:00:00 33.66 -117.85 West coast lady 0 archive No description. More...
2017-04-15 19:04:00 33.765807 -118.041778 West coast lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 Bud Foshee No description. More...
2020-05-07 18:15:00 39.0997265 -94.5785667 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0.0 0 EBrown No description. More...
2001-02-23 12:00:00 28.88 -97.85 Red admiral 3 archive Observer: D. Muschalek. More...
2010-05-30 11:25:00 43.04095 -76.406944 Red admiral 1 archive Just fluttering around the yard with no apparent destination. More...
2015-04-14 20:35:00 37.78846167 -122.47022170000002 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Presidio Golf Course and Clubhouse, San Francisco, California. Location precision: not recorded. Observed by rebeccafay, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1394044 More...
2005-01-01 15:31:00 32.8274 -117.1195 Painted lady 200 archive Howdy, I have been seeing quite a few butterflies today and wanted to find out what was up (invasion?)… Someone at the office called them Painted Ladies and I stumbled across your site from Google. I believe they are painted ladies, but not positive. More...
2009-03-24 12:00:00 36.98 -122.05 Painted lady 3 archive Observer: E. Vollmer More...
2017-04-17 16:00:00 43.696362773231 -79.256072831214 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 19 Donald Davis [Reported by Walter Fisher, Rosetta McClain Gardens, Toronto, Ontario] Yesterday (17 Apr 2017) between the hours of 10:00 am and 12:00 pm I counted 19 American Lady, 2 Cabbage White, and 12 Red Admiral butterflies around Rosetta McClain Gardens all nectaring on Glory-of-the-Snow and Striped Squill. More...
2022-10-10 19:34:00 35.676728324465365 -106.01817262456666 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 Naturalista Feeding on Helianthus maximiliani (Asteraceae). More...
2000-07-09 12:00:00 49.667 -94.533 American lady 1 archive Collectors: M. J. Oldham and W. D. Bakowsky. Southeast shore of Wolf Island, ca. 19 km south of Kenora, Lake of the Woods. Kenora Dist. Open cliff rim. More...
2015-07-04 05:00:00 37.762298 -84.8432852 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 Sandra Rippetoe Hi Dr. Bitzer, I found your website on the Red Admiral. I identified a very friendly butterfly which landed on my leg (and sat there for about a minute!) yesterday as I sat in my “nature nook” in my front yard yesterday – as a Red Admiral. More...
2019-04-25 17:21:00 39.95347219 -105.24258099999997 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 20 0 mariposa Boulder County, Colorado. Location precision: within a 344m radius. Temperature 75 F, light winds. So many in the dandelions along the flats there. Observed by roomthily, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/23086536 More...
2003-09-17 12:00:00 41.6925 -86.9775 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 225.0 archive Migrating mainly southwest. Beverly Shores, IN 46301 More...
2010-06-03 12:00:00 49.90051 -97.06408 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive Hi all, Saw a Red Admiral chasing a Monarch at the Taxation Center mini lilacs southeast side of the bldg. The Pembina Hwy & S. Bishop Grandin bus stop there were two Red Admirals flying around the bus shelter and the mini lilacs behind it. More...
2013-04-28 05:00:00 30.233579 -97.64812599999999 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Hornsby Bend Wastewater Treatment Ponds and Wildlife Area, Travis County, Texas. Location precision: within a 28m radius. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/247624 More...
2005-04-01 15:00:00 37.9341 -122.0272 West coast lady Migrating individual(s) 3000 0.0 archive Contra Costa County, Ygnacio Valley High School, April 1, 2005. From approximately 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Numbers: easily in the thousands of butterflies. Looking out over the parking lot at my school and later driving next to open lots, there were hundreds of individuals. More...
2009-04-17 12:00:00 31.14 -92.49 Red admiral 2 archive Observer: C. Marks. More...
2017-09-18 15:27:00 36.12339049 -115.48459049999997 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Clark County, Nevada. Observation by lonnyholmes, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. Precision of location: 9m radius. More...
2007-04-22 15:00:00 46.7669 -92.153589 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 8 3 archive Species observed: Red Admiral. April 22, 2007 3:00 to 3:30 PM CDT. Wind 0-5 MPH Temp: ~70 Cloudy. Six to eight individuals, Patrolling and/or hill topping Duluth, MN 55806, 46.766900° Latitude, 92.153589° Longitude. Apparently all migrating butterflies. More...
2017-04-27 22:00:00 33.696117229632 -118.0097571245 West coast lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 Bud Foshee No description. More...
2023-08-07 16:45:00 32.79976 -79.9558 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Hampton Park, Charleston, South Carolina. Dennis Forsythe, CarolinaLeps, Mon. Aug. 7, 2023. Donna and I spent 1/2 hour (11:30-12:00 PM) and walked 300 m in the flower gardens at Hampton Park today. More...
2007-04-23 12:00:00 41.905 -93.487 American lady First butterfly of the season 3 archive On April 23rd, about half a mile northeast of 60247 315th St. east of Cambridge in Story County, I saw about a dozen red admirals and three American Ladies nectaring on wild plum. They were the first red admirals and painted ladies I've seen in Story County this year. More...
2017-06-11 22:30:00 43.0729592 -86.1329039 Red admiral 2 0 christiemackie It was a very warm wind gusty day and these two were playfully chasing each other and landing right next to me in the grass. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10209770031912841&set=pcb.10209770039433029&type=3&theater https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10209770033472880& More...
2005-04-02 12:00:00 38.5047 -122.4657 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 3000 270.0 archive Observer: Helen Walka. Monarchs [probably Painted Ladies] determinedly flying in same direction (West) for hours over our house and over hill behind us. Thousands so far.... I don't usually watch for Monarchs but noticed the migration. This is the first day I have seen one this year. More...
2019-04-27 14:39:00 36.39383303 -116.28833099999997 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 4 0 mariposa Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Nye County, Nevada. Location precision: within a 31m radius. Nectaring on Ash Meadows Sunray. Temperature, 88 F. Observed by lonnyholmes, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/24050386 More...
2018-05-09 14:09:00 47.5535039 21.62147559999994 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, 4032 Hungary. Location precision: within a 180m radius. Observed by khangosach, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/12326508 More...
2005-04-02 13:00:00 37.291 -121.905 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 400 315.0 archive Flight direction: northwest or maybe slightly west-northwest. Continuous flow of butterflies (1 to 5 butterflies visible at a time in open spaces) from @ 1pm to 3pm pacific standard time. Considerably less butterflies by 4pm. location: San Jose California. More...
2017-07-28 13:12:00 36.1584668 -115.42701920000002 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Ash Canyon Trail, Clark County, Nevada. Location precision: 14m radius. Observation by lonnyholmes, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7396173 More...
2005-06-18 12:00:00 49.43 -112.37 Painted lady 100 archive Observer: Megan Curtis. I have about 20 butterflies on my chive plant; each blossom is holding one or more butterflies. My lilac bush has the same; I have another low lying plant (name unsure); it also has about 25 butterflies feeding on it! It is amazing. More...
2014-11-04 20:06:00 44.072802540923 -103.23816060609 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 prb The Red Admiral was feeding on a mum flower. There is a photograph of it on Bugguide. Based on my field guide to SD butterflies it is almost the latest date recorded. More...
2019-05-14 18:50:00 41.179753 -95.91783299999997 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 18 0 mariposa Fontenelle Forest, Bellevue, Nebraska. Location precision: not recorded. This was our weekly walk counting butterflies. The number of red admirals is not near as many as a couple of weeks ago. 78 F, calm. Survey Type: Survey Route, 11:50 a.m. to 3:50 p.m. CDT. More...
2001-04-23 12:00:00 33.15 -117.3 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 archive Observer: Yelena Klinova More...
2010-07-05 12:00:00 44.65431 -91.81231 Red admiral 1000 archive From Wisconsin Butterflies, Larry Radle: Location: County Road R and Hayes Road, Pepin County, Wisconsin. * Red Admiral 1000s More...
2011-02-17 06:00:00 35.937632 -75.71120300000001 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 3 0 mariposa Karl Gottschalk and I saw (and I photographed) what seemed to be multiple Red Admirals visiting violets at the Elizabethan Gardens in Manteo, Dare County, NC on 2/17/11.  This was a big surprise for me, since I've never seen any butterflies visiting the violets typically planted in my neighborh More...

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