Butterfly Observations

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E.g., Friday, April 19, 2024
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Date and Time Latitude Longitude Speciessort ascending Type Number Observed Flight Direction (Degrees) Wind Direction (Degrees) Wind Speed Observed By Description/Notes
2007-03-10 12:00:00 28.3 -82.03 Red admiral 1 archive Polk County. Observers: B. and L. Cooper, J. and B. DuBois, C. Geanangel, and T. Palmer. More...
2005-12-22 12:00:00 33.67 -117.84 Red admiral 1 archive No description. More...
2012-04-15 05:00:00 43.062836714986 -95.449132915869 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 mariposa Bruce and Georgeann Morrison, southeast O'Brien County, Iowa, 43.0627 N, 95.4490 W. Had our first of year Red Admiral yesterday afternoon... More...
2017-10-07 19:30:00 36.12282715 -115.48506259999999 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa [lonnyholmes, Vanessa Migration Project on iNaturalist, Clark Co., Nevada] 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...
2017-02-21 20:00:00 38.439682253213 -123.08633029029 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 Lisahug overcast skies. day after strong storm. no sense of where butterfly came from or where it was going. Willow Creek Road More...
2016-04-07 15:15:00 39.193288 -94.560862999998 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 2 180.0 1 EBrown Both butterflies observed feeding on white crabapple flowers More...
2015-05-08 05:00:00 54.331462 -110.480273 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0.0 6 Donald Davis Alberta Butterfly Roundup, compiled by John Acorn, updated August 1, 2015. Red Admiral; Ardmore; May 8, 2015; M. Langlois. More...
2015-05-14 14:20:00 30.0096286 -99.1218524 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 3 Ginny Again, we did not record the precise tme we saw these butterflies -- it was after 9:20 am. More...
2012-10-27 05:00:00 30.19854603 -98.11381504000002 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta, Dripping Springs, Hays Co., Texas, 27 October 2012. Location precision: not recorded. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197339 More...
2016-05-27 17:00:00 42.104573 -93.77843899999999 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area, Specimen Record 1 0 mariposa Jesse Randall farm, Boone Co., Iowa. Location precision: within a 100m radius. Specimen captured by Kelsey Fisher at a Monarch habitat research site. Observation posted by iowabiologist, Vanessa Migration Project Page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9782151 More...
2016-11-18 21:47:00 26.17631167 -98.36541833000001 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Mission, Texas. Location precision: not recorded. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4597791 More...
2017-04-17 18:00:00 42.061915429375 -91.764588906386 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 43 225.0 dohde1 The area was along Chain Lakes Road and in Chain Lakes Natural Area. More...
2017-03-27 18:00:00 36.7468422 -119.7725868 Red admiral 1 23 MichaelBaun Landed on sidewalk was stationary. High wind. More...
2016-04-04 20:30:00 42.267724625244 -94.897336665484 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 315.0 13 dflyiowa Was setting on log. Have a photo. More...
2012-06-23 05:00:00 59.5041967 -135.3608035 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 120 Donald Davis (Cris Guppy) There are very few records of Red Admirals in Yukon and Alaska, with only 2 historical Yukon records and a similar number for Alaska. More...
2014-10-27 05:00:00 42.03235580968 -82.596489078913 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 6 157.5 12 Donald Davis (Gary Tetzlaff) behind Shoeless Joes, Leamington, Ontario 42.032172 -82.596540 23 C air temp 25C at ground level (warm SSE wind) sunny afternoon. Fiery Skipper 5 (only one female); Orange Sulphur 46+; Clouded Sulphur 76+ (including 20+ white-form females); Cabbage White 7; Painted Lady 51+; Re More...
2015-06-25 22:15:00 38.516877503 -75.18094539344 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 20 0 michael.munroe This was my first time identifying this butterfly. My partner has seen them in our yard the the past two days. They seem to be staying. They are faster than I thought butterflies could be. They seem to be feeding on sap at the bottom of a tree. I will identify the tree tomorrow. More...
2016-03-12 06:00:00 30.196865 -97.611131 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Southeast Metro Park, Travis Co., Texas. Location precision: within a 28m radius. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2773141 More...
2016-11-23 17:15:00 30.19892946 -98.11359715000003 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Dripping Springs, Hays County, Texas. Location precision: within a 61m radius. I put out a tray with some rotting bananas to see what critters I could attract. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4622748 More...
2017-04-02 05:00:00 41.928043422853 -82.510028592537 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 2 Donald Davis [From Dwayne Murphy] I had two Red Admirals today at Point Pelee while walking the Woodland Nature trail and the Redbud Footpath (photo attached). I also had two Eastern Commas. I looked but no Azure Species today. [Location uncertainty: 350 m) More...
2016-04-16 16:03:00 42.029059253962 -93.649353878639 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 1 0.0 180.0 14 mariposa Iowa State U. campus, Ames, IA. One dark Red Admiral flying in a straight line due north about 1.5 m above the ground, west of Gilman Hall. First one I've seen migrating this year. Weather: partly sunny, 30-40% patchy cirrus and cumulus clouds. 70 F (21 C), dew point 53 F (11.7 C), RH 55%. More...
2012-06-15 05:00:00 53.1841527 -99.267850899997 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 Donald Davis I believe Grand Rapids, Manitoba, is way north of Winnipeg on the west side of Lake Winnipeg - very north! Posted to the ManitobaNatureTalk group: (Peter Taylor).....Last week I spent several days birding in the Grand Rapids area. More...
2015-07-04 16:07:00 39.724137040848 -82.646187010863 Red admiral First butterfly of the season, Presence of butterfly in your area 6 0 Bruce On my coneflowers More...
2008-02-29 06:00:00 30.22955634 -97.65455245999999 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta, Hornsby Bend Wastewater Treatment Ponds and Wildlife Area, Austin, Travis Co., Texas, 29 February 2008. Location precision: not recorded. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197336 More...
2015-01-13 20:14:00 37.769675 -122.46598829999999 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California. Location precision: not recorded. Observed by rebeccafay, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1175803 More...
2016-03-20 05:00:00 34.115929 -100.35109 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Matador Wildlife Management Area, Cottle County, Texas. Location precision: within a 27m radius. Found on Skunk-bush sumac. Observed by mp548225, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2809633 More...
2016-11-26 21:55:00 30.56339167 -97.54848666999999 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa 208 Rinehardt St., Hutto, Texas. Guarding and occasionally flying around a playscape. Location precision: not recorded. Observed by marillionjade24, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4642947 More...
2017-04-08 23:11:00 42.0258503 -93.6478679 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 9 202.5 6 mariposa Ames, Iowa. Second butterfly of the season, first of nine for the day, perching in and patrolling a territory east of Beardshear Hall on the Iowa State University campus. 74 F, dew point 51 F, 44% relative humidity, hazy. Survey between 18:03 and 18:56 pm CDT. Location precision: 8m radius. More...
2017-04-23 22:15:00 43.521225138419 -5.6251958830096 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 2 manu No description. More...
2017-04-06 16:00:00 40.498161142659 -95.589932795437 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 180.0 180.0 6 sbuback No description. More...
2016-04-20 20:16:00 42.251360014426 -83.86491683265 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 4 Nuthatch No description. More...
2012-06-26 05:00:00 53.830739 -78.989746 Red admiral Migrating individual(s), Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0.0 Donald Davis (Cris Guppy) [Location and date approximate] ....Also, one of our research team currently sampling in James Bay collected some Red Admiral and Question Marks flying due north at latitude 54 which is really north in Québec! I can't think of any Elm trees growing that far north. More...
2013-07-30 05:00:00 43.7331517 -79.3604481 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 2 225.0 7 Donald Davis (Howard Herscovitch) I spent an hour in Edwards Gardens [Toronto] Tuesday afternoon [July 30] and finally saw my first monarch away from the lakeshore (managed one photo that showed it was a male). More...
2015-06-29 18:00:00 41.787556548442 -91.126352407902 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 10 315.0 9 mariposa Posted by Sarah Subbert, Cedar County Naturalist to Iowa Insects Mailing List. I saw ten Red Admirals on a few prairie plants that were planted next to the Cedar County Historical Society Museum building in rural Tipton, Iowa on Monday, June 29th at 1:00 pm. More...
2015-03-23 05:00:00 30.216012 -97.65027199999997 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Hornsby Bend Wastewater Treatment Ponds and Wildlife Areas, Travis County, Texas. Location precision: within a 57m radius. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1334322 More...
2017-04-08 15:00:00 41.166213 -95.881958 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 10 0 mariposa Fontenelle Forest, Bellevue, Nebraska. 10 observed between 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. CDT. Sunny, light wind, mid 60s to mid 70s F. Location precision: not recorded. Observation by keithroragen, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5654348 More...
2017-04-10 19:49:00 41.78703448188 -91.308938532012 Red admiral 1 270.0 13 Lisa Jensen No description. More...
2016-04-30 16:11:00 38.587934 -121.339585 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 Robin In my garden, fluttering about, landed on ground for a while; one ragged wing. Took photos. 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...
2015-07-05 20:00:00 37.762298 -84.8432852 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 2 Sandra Rippetoe [From Harrodsburg, Kentucky] 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...
2010-12-11 06:00:00 26.177932 -98.36600299999998 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta, NABA Butterfly Park, Mission, Hidalgo Co., Texas, 11 December 2010. Location precision: within a 100m radius. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/643749 More...
2016-03-27 05:00:00 40.216333 -84.72437300000001 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Coppess Nature Sanctuary, Darke County, Ohio. Location precision: within a 335m radius. Observed by coachwhipbooks, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2839385 More...
2016-12-02 18:07:00 30.19865638 -98.11405938999997 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Dripping Springs, Hays County, Texas. Location precision: within a 30m radius. With some colder and wetter weather heading this way thought I'd document a few December butterfly records before they mostly disappear. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. More...
2017-04-11 23:44:00 42.027911 -93.64590699999997 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 292.5 5 mariposa Ames, Iowa. A "two-headed" butterfly occupying a territory on the west wall of Catt Hall on the Iowa State University campus. One butterfly observed in a survey from 6:43 and 7:20 p.m. CDT. Location precision: 5m radius. 59 F, dew point 28 F, 30% relative humidity, mostly sunny. More...
2017-08-18 18:30:00 49.03528 -122.01605 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 0 mariposa Lindell Beach, British Columbia, Canada. I saw the red Admiral sitting on an old sock on my deck mid day. It was all by itself and it stayed there for about 45 min. It was not concerned that I was taking photos. Sunny and clear, wind calm. More...
2017-04-01 05:00:00 40.027381620675 -86.153290492264 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 mariposa [Observed by S. Daniels] I saw my first Red Admiral on Saturday! What a sight! More...
2016-04-18 05:00:00 46.354588523362 -123.58008525083 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 3 Robert M. Pyle WA: Wahkiakum Co. Swede Park, Gray's River. T 10N R7W S. 17. 18 April 2016. Three V. atalanta nectaring on lilacs. More...
2012-05-31 05:00:00 50.626174073419 -95.466324327675 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 10 292.5 8 Donald Davis (Peter Taylor - Manitoba Nature Talk) Thanks for the update. Yes, it is shaping up as a good butterfly year. You mentioned Harvesters -- I was surprised to find them numerous along Trans-Licence Road off PR 314 in Nopiming Provincial Park yesterday. 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...

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