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
2016-05-13 16:04:00 33.09374833 -96.64151833 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa 1215 Cameron Lane, Allen Texas. Location precision: not reported. I hardly ever see the painted lady. Observed by butterflies4fun, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3179752 More...
2005-03-20 10:00:00 34.1 -117.91 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 71 archive Observer: Charles Sims. Yesterday was rainy, damp and coolish, so I didn't get out. I doubt if the Painted Ladies were migrating in the rain. This morning was bright and sunny with a mild wind. From 10 A.M. to 10:10 I performed a count, and I counted 71 Painted Ladies going over. More...
2008-04-20 12:00:00 42.0833 -93.5667 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 1 archive My yard, 2505 Tullamore, on Scilla flowers. Kind of beat up. USA IA, Story Co, Ames, MJ's, 2505 Tullamore 42º05'N 93º34'W, 310m. More...
2017-10-22 18:45:00 38.430533985489 -123.04058597398 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 2 Lisahug 2 flew by quickly, but they appeared to be going in 2 different directions. warm day. Douglas Fir Forest with large expanses of grassland on hilltop. More...
2006-09-09 12:00:00 38.956 -74.946 American lady 5 archive Observer: Ann Loudell. More...
2015-07-20 00:45:00 42.622949 -82.924262 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 LeAnna Sosnoski... Present from at least 7:45pm to 8:10pm More...
2019-06-24 18:48:00 36.0940802 -115.564666 Painted lady 1 mariposa On Desert Globemallow More...
2002-04-20 12:00:00 39.78 -86.15 Red admiral 2 archive Observer: A. Esselborn. More...
2019-04-06 17:13:00 35.11183883 -106.47202170000003 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Cibola National Forest, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Location precision: within a 24m radius. Observed by mirandak, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/22106300 More...
2003-04-26 12:00:00 42.57 -80.43 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive Observer: Craig S. A. McLauchlan. More...
2010-05-03 12:00:00 45.509 -73.554 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 20 archive Since Sunday, the migration is increasing day by day. Monday was just 1hr of observation, over 20 observed specimens dinner at Pointe aux Trembles. Tuesday, more, near 50 at dinner and supper. All in an easterly direction at a brisk pace. More...
2016-03-29 05:00:00 29.698515 -93.94832400000001 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Sabine Woods, Jefferson County, Texas. Location precision: within a 14m radius. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2849491 More...
2005-03-17 10:30:00 33.2816 -116.1493 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 2000 270.0 archive Thursday morning, March 17, driving east on San Diego county road 22 from Borrego Springs toward Salton City, CA--we ran into literally thousands of migrating butterflies over the course of an hour, 10 to 11 am pst. Many were dead on the pavement. More...
2018-05-01 21:00:00 43.3383465351739 -91.87163901322492 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 2 0 larsenkj Two adults in perfect new condition More...
2006-10-29 14:00:00 42.15 -93.82 Red admiral 1 archive Royce, I wanted to tell you I saw a red admiral butterfly flying around our place last Sunday, October 29 at 2:00 in the afternoon. The temperature was about 50 degrees give or take a little. I thought it was pretty good it had survived the earlier freezes! More...
2016-08-14 20:00:00 41.79154780043 -93.79197458399 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 mariposa Jester Park Natural Playscape, Polk County, Iowa. Nectaring on flowers, medium-sized partly worn butterfly. Stayed briefly, then left area. Mostly sunny, 20% cumulus, 28.9 C (84 F), dew point 16.1 C (61 F), calm. More...
2020-01-01 19:36:00 29.14162217 -81.04139717 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Bay Grove Drive, Port Orange, Florida. Location precision: not recorded. Observed by jsjo1294, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37168843 More...
2002-04-15 12:00:00 37.69 -97.34 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 0 archive No description. More...
2015-04-28 19:01:00 42.019854 -93.446441999999 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 2 Anita Westphal No description. More...
2019-03-12 05:00:00 34.1705609 -118.83759370000001 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 100 337.5 0 mariposa Here in Thousand Oaks (Ventura Co.), California (elev. ~800'), Location precision: estimated within a 5 km radius. More...
2001-02-04 12:00:00 32.68 -114.62 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 0 archive No description. More...
2010-05-17 12:00:00 42.376 -77.388 Red admiral 0 337.5 archive several seen in the garden and woods, afternoon, sunny, low 60s. In the woods, appear to be flying N/NW. In the garden, often appear to be flying W to NE. More...
2015-11-01 20:02:00 37.80465333 -122.43177830000002 West coast lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa San Francisco County, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, California. Location precision: not recorded. Observed by rebeccafay, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2339667 More...
2005-03-30 17:30:00 32.66 -117.03 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1600 0.0 8 archive No description. More...
2009-03-29 14:23:00 37.429 -121.804 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1 315.0 5 archive Pacific Daylight time. Open grassy slope. Breeze variable from 0 to 10 mph, out of the west to northwest. More...
2017-10-17 21:24:00 36.15585396 -115.49475110000003 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa [lonnyholmes, Vanessa Migration Project on iNaturalist, Clark Co., Nevada.] Location precision: 10m radius. More...
2006-09-19 12:00:00 33.6261 -117.8884 Painted lady 0 archive No description. More...
2017-04-09 17:40:00 39.051579124708 -91.187938878619 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 Butterfly Watcher No description. More...
2001-02-25 12:00:00 29.07 -97.33 Red admiral 49 archive Observer: D. Muschalek. More...
2015-05-08 05:00:00 43.441063650613 -92.005541321184 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 10 8 MJ Hatfield At the farm, 10, sort of all over as I walked: 43 26'24.75 N, 92 0'20.43" W. Overcast, around 62 F, dewpoint 52 F, winds variable, around 8 mph. More...
2019-04-16 18:35:00 42.08949 -91.50185099999999 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 2 0 Cammie Nectaring on ground cover More...
2003-09-15 12:00:00 44.84 -93.3 Painted lady 0 archive No description. More...
2010-05-15 12:00:00 39.35605 -77.1888 Red admiral 75 archive Type of sighting: nectaring individuals. This year, we had a Red Admiral (V. atalanta) population boom. I first started seeing them on or around May 13. On May 15, we found about 75 individuals on a power line cut-through in Frederick Co., MD. More...
2015-03-25 23:44:00 37.755495 -122.3976667 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Maybe? It's kind of beat up... Potrero Hill Recreation Center, San Francisco, California. Location precision: not recorded. Observed by rebeccafay, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1338821 More...
2009-02-23 12:00:00 27.98 -82.75 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive I noted in my backyard observation diary a Red Admiral on February 23, 2009. 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...

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