2010-07-16 13:45:00 |
41.89 |
-87.62 |
American lady |
|
6 |
270.0 |
315.0 |
12 |
archive |
No description. More... |
2016-06-15 15:57:00 |
41.9705 |
-93.65855599999998 |
Red admiral |
Presence of butterfly in your area |
1 |
|
270.0 |
12 |
mariposa |
Anderson-Dyas Prairie, south of Ames, Iowa. Location precision: within a radius of 2m. One Red Admiral nectaring on red clover along 520th Avenue on the opposite side of the road from the Anderson-Dyas Prairie. The butterfly was very large and fresh, perhaps newly emerged. 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... |
2008-06-14 11:05:00 |
43.35 |
-84.64 |
American lady |
First butterfly of the season |
1 |
|
270.0 |
12 |
archive |
No description. More... |
2004-02-29 13:30:00 |
37.35 |
-75.95 |
Red admiral |
First butterfly of the season |
1 |
|
225.0 |
12 |
archive |
Well Royce, hope this puts things off to a splendid start for you. More... |
2005-03-14 15:00:00 |
33.5 |
-117.3 |
Red admiral |
|
1 |
|
22.5 |
12 |
archive |
V. atalanta: single perched individual at about 3 pm PST.Fallbrook, CA
ZIP code 92028
San Diego County
Latitude 33.50 N, Longitude 117.30 W
Thanks for the opportunity to participate, warm regards, Bill Widdowson
More... |
2017-09-10 20:00:00 |
45.515008228197 |
-73.471411356169 |
Painted lady |
Migrating individual(s) |
30 |
90.0 |
247.5 |
12 |
heidi k |
I said migrating, since I've never seen these butterflies around here until I saw 2 or 3 a couple of days ago. Then today I saw at least 30 collecting nectar in my sedum flowers this afternoon. Wonderful! It was a warm day, about 20 degrees Celsius. More... |
2012-08-30 20:00:00 |
45.057978781404 |
-66.459214490259 |
Red admiral |
Migrating individual(s), Presence of butterfly in your area |
20 |
|
225.0 |
12 |
Donald Davis |
(Jim Wilson) I did not see a Monarch between my home and the beginning of the final dirt road to the tip of the Point. But when I arrived at the tip of the Point the stands of goldenrod and aster were covered with large orange, black and white butterflies. More... |
2015-06-30 20:00:00 |
41.964851190718 |
-93.902978892397 |
Red admiral |
Presence of butterfly in your area |
1000 |
|
315.0 |
12 |
mariposa |
Highway E57 west of Luther, Iowa. Enormous swarm of Red Admirals centered on the Des Moines River and extending two to three miles on either side of the river. Numbers were highest nearer the river and dropped off exponentially with distance on either side. More... |
2017-04-28 22:22:00 |
42.37536 |
-71.17909500000002 |
American lady |
First butterfly of the season |
1 |
|
202.5 |
12 |
mariposa |
First Sighting of American Lady basking in the sun in my garden. 60 Standish Road, Watertown Massachusetts 02472. Location precision: 186m radius. Incidental survey, 5:21 - 5:24 p.m. EDT. 81 F/Sunny. Observation by mcdunn, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. More... |
2019-09-28 20:45:00 |
44.91780501899611 |
-93.32117557525635 |
Painted lady |
Migrating individual(s), Presence of butterfly in your area |
40 |
180.0 |
0.0 |
12 |
Livewombat |
This is a combination of observations. I spent most of the morning about three miles to the northeast of the indicated area and saw individual painted ladies in flight. For the first time in many days, the flag near that site was showing a strong wind toward the south. More... |
2019-05-20 18:52:00 |
41.8826637 |
-93.71901450000001 |
American lady |
Migrating individual(s), Presence of butterfly in your area |
3 |
22.5 |
45.0 |
12 |
mariposa |
Wetland/prairie area, north side of the Heart of Iowa Trail, west side of X Avenue, Slater, Iowa. Location precision: within a 4m radius. Flying near the ground and then stopped to bask on a clump of dried prairie grass. One flying in a straight line, then basking; other two meandering. More... |
2010-06-28 12:45:00 |
41.89 |
-87.62 |
Red admiral |
|
44 |
270.0 |
292.5 |
12 |
archive |
18 were on butterfly bush counted in first 15 minutes.26 were on Common and Swamp Milkweed by Monarda counted in next 15 minutes.Normally I count for an hour,so 44 in a half hour would be 88 in an hour,quite a increase going on.Still noticing brand new butterflies among older faded ones.Newer ones a More... |
2015-05-04 05:00:00 |
53.544389 |
-113.4909267 |
Painted lady |
Presence of butterfly in your area |
1 |
|
90.0 |
12 |
Donald Davis |
Alberta Butterfly Roundup: Official List to Date. Compiled by John Acorn, updated August 1, 2015. Painted Lady; Edmonton; May 4, 2015; A. Thysse More... |
2007-06-26 12:00:00 |
43.042 |
-88.1521 |
Red admiral |
|
5000 |
|
225.0 |
12 |
archive |
Type of Sighting: "Butterflies Attack" is what the high school kids are calling it on their facebook group - "description: Butterfly infestation violates WCTC and Frog Alley." Flight direction - swarms of hundreds, if not thousands visible, flying randomly everwhere, daylight More... |
2016-07-22 14:00:00 |
42.152061230376 |
-93.879565420229 |
Red admiral |
Presence of butterfly in your area |
1 |
|
180.0 |
12 |
mariposa |
1 fresh Red Admiral, flying near roadside, 140th Street 0.25 mile west of County Road R27, Boone County, Iowa. Mostly sunny, 26.1 C (79 F), dew point 23.3 C (74 F), RH = 85%. More... |
2019-04-20 15:14:00 |
42.027063 |
-93.65976 |
Red admiral |
Presence of butterfly in your area |
12 |
|
180.0 |
12 |
mariposa |
510/520 Forest Glen St., Ames, Iowa. Location precision: within a 6m radius. Red Admirals drinking sap flowing from a small hole in the trunk of a tree. Fair/Sunny, 60 F, dew point 35 F, relative humidity 39%. Survey: Incidental sighting, from 10:05 to 10:20 a.m. CDT. More... |
2001-07-21 12:00:00 |
52.9483 |
-117.2417 |
Red admiral |
|
1 |
|
315.0 |
12 |
archive |
12:00 to 4:00 p.m. More... |
2012-08-30 20:00:00 |
45.058160671162 |
-66.458785336816 |
American lady |
Migrating individual(s), Presence of butterfly in your area |
20 |
|
225.0 |
12 |
Donald Davis |
(Jim Wilson) I did not see a Monarch between my home and the beginning of the final dirt road to the tip of the Point. But when I arrived at the tip of the Point the stands of goldenrod and aster were covered with large orange, black and white butterflies. More... |
2016-04-12 20:25:00 |
41.925929698992 |
-93.757583939213 |
Painted lady |
First butterfly of the season |
2 |
|
225.0 |
12 |
mariposa |
Two Painted Ladies interacting on the west side of a black locust tree growing in the riparian zone on the west side of Big Creek, at the Iowa State University Uthe Research Farm. They interacted twice, but then flew out of the area several minutes later. More... |
2005-03-26 11:30:00 |
|
|
Painted lady |
Migrating individual(s) |
54 |
315.0 |
315.0 |
12 |
archive |
elevation 4,444 feet
saddle between two southeast-northwest trending river valleys
54 in 3 minutes crossing a line More... |
2015-04-15 05:00:00 |
42.046849810704 |
-82.63117540588 |
Red admiral |
Presence of butterfly in your area |
4 |
|
0.0 |
12 |
Donald Davis |
(Gary Tetzlaff) On Wednesday, today, there were no less than 4 Red Admirals sunning and flying around the lawns at the Everygreen Cemetery a the ridge Talbot Rd. West Leamington in the cool wind from the north in full sun. More... |
2010-05-16 14:30:00 |
42.3364 |
-76.4974 |
Red admiral |
Migrating individual(s) |
37 |
0.0 |
337.5 |
12 |
archive |
While working in our yard the morning of the 16th I noted north bound Vanessa zipping by at a steady rate -- most appeared to be V. More... |
2014-10-27 05:00:00 |
42.032403623789 |
-82.596564180777 |
Painted lady |
Presence of butterfly in your area |
51 |
|
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... |
2006-03-13 14:00:00 |
34.6056 |
-98.4337 |
Painted lady |
First butterfly of the season |
2 |
|
202.5 |
12 |
archive |
Comanche County, OK. Flight direction: Confined to a Cherry Tree, observed between 2:00 and 2:20 p.m. CST. More... |
2009-03-28 15:30:00 |
37.4876 |
-121.9236 |
Painted lady |
Migrating individual(s) |
0 |
337.5 |
315.0 |
12 |
archive |
I observed a migration of *Painted Lady* (/Vanessa cardui/) butterflies in Fremont, Alameda County, California. We walked from Hackamore Ln, to Fernald St, to Mohave Dr. to Mission Blvd and back and observed lots of them flying during the whole walk.
They were all headed north/ northwest. More... |
2010-05-19 12:00:00 |
42.98 |
-78.8 |
American lady |
|
1 |
|
0.0 |
12 |
archive |
Amherst, New York 14051, Erie County. Type of sighting-one individual basking on verbena plant.
More... |
2005-03-30 13:30:00 |
34.249 |
-118.478 |
Painted lady |
Migrating individual(s) |
200 |
315.0 |
0.0 |
12 |
archive |
Flight direction, NorthWest, 40 butterflies observed between 13:30
and 13:35. PST. Note: 36' line, e.g. ~200 across 180' line. More... |
2005-05-20 15:00:00 |
42.35 |
-85.74 |
American lady |
First butterfly of the season |
1 |
|
45.0 |
12 |
archive |
We just saw our first American Lady for the year at Sand Creek Preserve, Alamo township, Kalamazoo County, MI
More... |
2022-10-19 20:00:00 |
36.77194610528299 |
-90.45766888465701 |
Painted lady |
Presence of butterfly in your area |
1 |
|
225.0 |
12 |
tsage |
58*F, sunny, SW wind @ 10-15. Nectaring asters. Different individual from yesterday’s observation. Smaller and paler. More... |
2017-09-05 14:55:00 |
43.0748644 |
-94.227163399996 |
Painted lady |
Migrating individual(s) |
1000 |
337.5 |
315.0 |
12 |
Matt Kenne |
Paints streaming overhead mostly too high for naked eye observation, but using binoculars, made counts of dozens per minute passing through view over 20 minutes. 57 degrees, clear blue skies. More... |
2003-11-04 12:30:00 |
32.97 |
-97.52 |
Painted lady |
|
1 |
|
180.0 |
12 |
archive |
Location: Reed Rd., Azle Texas 76020. Time of sighting: 12:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m. Type of sighting: Individual feeding at flowers of "New Gold" lantana.
More... |
2005-03-30 14:00:00 |
33.47 |
-117.7 |
Painted lady |
Migrating individual(s) |
50 |
0.0 |
|
12 |
archive |
Today I noticed more painted ladys. a few around noon by 2 or 3 a constant flow by ones or twos, not the masses seen on 26 Mar heading north. saw a few caterpillers similar to photos on your site. Mon, Tue Wed, did not see masses. I guess about 20-25 an hour on 30 March. More... |
2010-07-13 13:30:00 |
41.89 |
-87.62 |
American lady |
|
2 |
270.0 |
45.0 |
11 |
archive |
Likes purple coneflowers and butterfly bush. More... |
2015-04-18 05:00:00 |
41.962772 |
-82.51844 |
Red admiral |
Presence of butterfly in your area |
15 |
|
22.5 |
11 |
Donald Davis |
In response to my letter to Ellen Smout of London concerning her ONTBIRDS posting that noted 5 butterfly species were seen at Point Pelee during the OFO outing on Saturday, Ellen writes:
Mourning Cloak - about a dozen
Red admiral - lots, more than a dozen
Question Mark & Comma, lots not sur More... |
2001-06-30 12:00:00 |
53.4233 |
-111.595 |
Painted lady |
|
5 |
|
135.0 |
11 |
archive |
12:00 to 6:30 p.m. NE corner of S19 T51 R11 W4, road allowance crossover 3 miles NW of Innisfree. More... |
2010-07-03 12:45:00 |
41.89 |
-87.62 |
Red admiral |
|
22 |
270.0 |
202.5 |
11 |
archive |
No description. More... |
2013-06-24 05:00:00 |
42.990119692614 |
-79.04928567093 |
Red admiral |
Presence of butterfly in your area |
1 |
|
225.0 |
11 |
Donald Davis |
(Rick Cavasin) [Fort Erie area near Niagara River, Ontario, CA.] "I tried to follow up on James Holdsworth's report of a Two-spotted Skipper in the field at the end of Detenbeck road, but without success. There weren't many butterflies flying there at all. More... |
2010-06-29 12:45:00 |
41.89 |
-87.62 |
Red admiral |
|
57 |
292.5 |
45.0 |
11 |
archive |
Some were very faded and worn and missing pieces of their wings.While others appeared to be brand new.These were on butterfly bush and milkweed and echinacea.Lots of Monarchs sighted with the red admirals.Maybe 15 monarchs seen. More... |
2019-04-17 18:15:00 |
41.730849 |
-88.00599749999998 |
Red admiral |
Presence of butterfly in your area |
1 |
|
180.0 |
11 |
ldieckman |
Spring flowers are sparse in this area. The Red Admiral observed was remaining close to a small patch of dandilions. More... |
2005-03-16 12:00:00 |
32.66 |
-117.03 |
Painted lady |
Migrating individual(s) |
800 |
0.0 |
|
11 |
archive |
I started seeing the butterflies on March 14 passing through our yard at a steady rate of perhaps about 10 per minute. On March 15 it was about the same rate. Today March 16 it has definitely picked up to 60-100 per minute at times. More... |
2016-03-31 15:59:00 |
41.8800296 |
-88.0078435 |
Red admiral |
First butterfly of the season |
1 |
|
202.5 |
11 |
Deanna P. Denk |
Red Admiral on hyacinth. More... |
2010-07-13 13:30:00 |
41.89 |
-87.62 |
Red admiral |
|
198 |
270.0 |
45.0 |
11 |
archive |
Second day of incredible increase of butterflies here. More... |
2015-05-02 19:30:00 |
40.1025817 |
-96.195131999999 |
American lady |
Presence of butterfly in your area |
4 |
0.0 |
180.0 |
11 |
lpdlfrd |
The butterflies were flying around the field, not in any particular direction. The location was Table Rock WMA. More... |
2017-10-12 18:30:00 |
36.128846 |
-95.982748500004 |
Painted lady |
|
7 |
|
180.0 |
11 |
Montezmutzig@me.com |
Saw mix of American (5) and painted ladies (7) nectaring on purple asters More... |
2014-06-08 17:45:00 |
40.0378755 |
-76.3055144 |
Red admiral |
Presence of butterfly in your area |
1 |
135.0 |
157.5 |
11 |
Wings Landing |
This is my first log so I will do as best I can. Beautiful sunny day, white wispy/cumulus clouds, sweet breeze. Temp 81 degrees. 49 % humidity. More... |
2010-06-29 12:45:00 |
41.89 |
-87.62 |
American lady |
|
1 |
292.5 |
45.0 |
11 |
archive |
American lady was pretty worn,missing part of the lower right wing possibly to a bird.was sunning,eating on a purple cone flower (echinacea). More... |
2014-10-25 05:00:00 |
42.032363778675 |
-82.596413977007 |
Painted lady |
Presence of butterfly in your area |
28 |
|
225.0 |
11 |
Donald Davis |
(Gary Tetzlaff) It may be because the near lake areas have not received frost yet, but yesterday I checked a close-cropped dev field that used to produce more than it does currently.
Shoeless Joes,(undev. land south of), Seacliff Dr. E., Leamington, Ontario, 42.032172 -82.596540. More... |
2007-06-30 12:00:00 |
41.29 |
-71.43 |
Red admiral |
Migrating individual(s) |
30 |
0.0 |
315.0 |
11 |
archive |
I was sailing the week June 30 to Block Island, RI from S. Dartmouth, MA. We sailed past probably 30 red admiral butterflies in flight heading north
against a northwesterly wind of 10 knots. They were between the Sakonnet River in Rhode Island and Block Island, RI. More... |
2019-04-16 20:35:00 |
41.244982031873775 |
-96.0816882244115 |
Red admiral |
Presence of butterfly in your area |
2 |
0.0 |
90.0 |
11 |
Am30668 |
Flew in from southwest, landed on a river birch, moving from spot to spot for several minutes, then flew toward the northeast. More... |