Butterfly Observations

E.g., Saturday, April 20, 2024
E.g., Saturday, April 20, 2024
E.g., Saturday, April 20, 2024
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Date and Time Latitude Longitude Species Type Number Observed Flight Direction (Degrees) Wind Direction (Degrees) Wind Speedsort ascending Observed By Description/Notes
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...

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