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2017-06-15 14:34:00 |
42.0468928 |
-92.929484899998 |
Red admiral |
Presence of butterfly in your area |
200 |
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SueFaas |
Gathered on a blooming Linden tree on terrace. More... |
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2005-03-26 15:00:00 |
33.9015 |
-117.90522 |
Painted lady |
Migrating individual(s) |
200 |
337.5 |
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archive |
Saturday, March 26th, 3:00pm PST
10-30 individuals per minute, individuals and clusters over our home. Same all up and down our block. Fullerton, CA, 92835. More... |
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2001-05-04 16:00:00 |
41.63 |
-111.85 |
Painted lady |
Migrating individual(s) |
200 |
0.0 |
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archive |
We are having a migration of Vanessa cardui (scientific name should be underlined, but I can't in this program) at this time. They are moving northward through cache valley (Hyrum, UT). According to Dr. Jay Karen
(USU), this is a small migration compared to the one of 1981/1982. More... |
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2015-06-28 05:00:00 |
43.2162282 |
-93.561025999996 |
Red admiral |
Presence of butterfly in your area |
200 |
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315.0 |
9 |
mariposa |
[Posted by Todd Von Ehwegen to the Iowa Insects Mailing List.] I saw very large numbers (more than I have ever seen) of red admirals on the gravel roads in NE Hancock County (Ellington TWSP) on Sunday, June 28. More... |
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2005-03-23 10:00:00 |
32.87 |
-105.95 |
Painted lady |
Migrating individual(s) |
200 |
90.0 |
180.0 |
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archive |
A fairly large directional migration of Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) this morning, 23 March, 2005. Heavy northwest winds yesterday, and no Lady's seen. This morning winds light south, switching to southwest and getting stronger. Migration was generally west to east, with the tail-wind. More... |
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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... |
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2012-05-04 05:00:00 |
40.107690027104 |
-74.056595574561 |
Red admiral |
Presence of butterfly in your area |
200 |
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mariposa |
Ann Dee, Brielle, New Jersey, ca. 40.11 N, 74.06 W
I saw hundreds of red admiral butterflies in Brielle and Manasquan NJ on 5/4/12 never saw so many butterflies together in one day amazing, even my friend called me and asked me about it she was in Mt. Holly NJ not even close to where I was More... |
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2005-03-26 12:00:00 |
33.7377 |
-117.6611 |
Painted lady |
Migrating individual(s) |
200 |
0.0 |
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archive |
For the past 2 days (03/26-03/27/05) we have witnessed
hundreds of Painted Lady Butterfly traveling
Northbound through Foothill Ranch, CA.
Any idea where they are heading? They seem to often
be in pairs too.
Thank you.
Stepan & Melody More... |
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2005-09-24 12:00:00 |
39.732 |
-104.962 |
Painted lady |
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200 |
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archive |
My wife and I were recently visiting family in Denver, Colorado. On 9/24/05 we observed hundreds of Painted Lady Butterflies, many appearing very young, fresh, and in good condition, at the Denver Botanical Gardens (outdoors, of course). More... |
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2001-04-26 12:00:00 |
44.94 |
-123.01 |
Painted lady |
Migrating individual(s) |
200 |
0.0 |
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archive |
I noticed last Thursday afternoon, the 26th that there were many V.
cardui flying through Salem, probably 10 or more in my field of view per minute. It was sunny and warm Wed and Thurs and I hadn't seen any in Portland while I was there on Wed (actually hit 80 deg F). More... |
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2007-06-14 12:00:00 |
45.09 |
-93.35 |
Red admiral |
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200 |
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archive |
I live in a northern suburb of Minneapolis MN and our neighborhod is covered in red Admirals. They are everywhere. this is not happened in the 6 years that we have lived here. Is this normal? there are hundreds that are lining the streets haning on everything. More... |
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2019-03-12 19:35:00 |
34.25352059901827 |
-118.61181298788642 |
Painted lady |
Migrating individual(s) |
200 |
337.5 |
270.0 |
11 |
LisaFebre |
A constant fluttering of butterflies in the air today! More... |
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2007-07-01 12:00:00 |
40.8424 |
-72.5716 |
Red admiral |
Migrating individual(s) |
200 |
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0.0 |
15 |
archive |
Type of Sighting: Presumably migrating individuals. Our 10.5 acre property -- which includes wooded upland, a small meadow and extensive wetlands -- faces east on Weesuck Creek and Shinnecock Bay on the south shore of Long Island. More... |
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2007-07-01 12:00:00 |
40.8424 |
-72.5716 |
Red admiral |
Migrating individual(s) |
200 |
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0.0 |
15 |
archive |
Type of Sighting: Presumably migrating individuals. Our 10.5 acre property -- which includes wooded upland, a small meadow and extensive wetlands -- faces east on Weesuck Creek and Shinnecock Bay on the south shore of Long Island. More... |
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2005-03-20 13:00:00 |
33.5 |
-117.3 |
Painted lady |
Migrating individual(s) |
200 |
0.0 |
247.5 |
18 |
archive |
After two days of showers (18-19 Mar) sunny conditions returned today (20 Mar) and the Painted Lady migration continues. At first sighting (14 Mar) frequency was 3-4 seconds between singles and pairs. Today the frequency is more like 10-12 seconds. More... |
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2016-02-25 17:00:00 |
30.192299 |
-97.60660100000001 |
Red admiral |
Presence of butterfly in your area |
200 |
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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
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2005-01-01 15:31:00 |
32.8274 |
-117.1195 |
Painted lady |
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200 |
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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... |
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2019-05-10 16:42:00 |
35.81363441 |
-115.96967619999998 |
Painted lady |
Presence of butterfly in your area |
200 |
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0 |
mariposa |
Inyo County, California. Location precision: within a 10m radius. 200 plus in this small valley! 58 degrees F, calm. Post rain all night and am. Observed by lonnyholmes, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/24896474
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2005-07-05 12:00:00 |
50.95 |
-114.58 |
Painted lady |
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200 |
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archive |
Just to let you know we have hundreds of Painted Ladies here this July 05. Bragg Creek, Alberta, Canada, T0L 0K0. We are close to Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Lynn Myette
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2005-08-09 12:00:00 |
50.32 |
-119.25 |
Painted lady |
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200 |
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225.0 |
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archive |
On August 2 our garden filled with Painted Ladies, Vanessa cardui.. There are dozens of them here. They spend most of the day on the Echinacea, some like the cosmos. Initially they were quite pale especially with their wings folded but have become brighter. More... |
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2019-05-11 17:00:00 |
34.173972 |
-118.89663389999998 |
Painted lady |
Migrating individual(s) |
200 |
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0 |
mariposa |
Thousand Oaks, California. "After more than 2 days of overcast here and showers in the mountains and deserts, much warmer (73F) temps today have resulted in probably the largest flyby I have seen all spring here in Thousand Oaks. More... |
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2017-07-20 17:00:00 |
46.049332632119 |
-95.283921150836 |
Painted lady |
Migrating individual(s) |
200 |
45.0 |
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mariposa |
[Observed by Mary Pohl near Miltona, MN; one of the points along a road trip] Yesterday (Thursday, July 20, 2017) my husband and I were driving in a southwesterly direction north of Browerville, MN, then through Browerville, and then leaving Browerville heading toward Alexandria, MN around 11 AM. More... |
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2012-04-25 05:00:00 |
35.232630536162 |
-96.651805748961 |
Red admiral |
Presence of butterfly in your area |
200 |
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mariposa |
Amy Goodman, Seminole, Oklahoma, (Seminole County), 35.23263 N, 96.65185 W
The next day after my report, the majority of the Question Mark butterflies had moved on, but I must have had near 200 Red Admirals enjoying my oak tree. It was AMAZING! More... |
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2009-03-31 11:01:00 |
38.549 |
-121.737 |
Painted lady |
Migrating individual(s) |
200 |
315.0 |
0.0 |
7 |
archive |
40/min More... |
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2019-05-08 15:00:00 |
38.939926 |
-119.97718680000003 |
Painted lady |
Migrating individual(s) |
200 |
45.0 |
67.5 |
7 |
mariposa |
South Lake Tahoe, California. Location precision: estimated within a 4 km radius. Observed by Ian Watkinson, DesertLeps newsgroup. Even though I’m a moth man, thought I would pass on that painted ladies are in amazing abundance here in South Lake Tahoe where we are taking a few days break. More... |
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2012-08-15 16:00:00 |
45.0212762 |
-74.730345 |
Painted lady |
Migrating individual(s) |
200 |
225.0 |
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Donald Davis |
(Ross Dobson) large numbers observed flying in Southwesterly direction through Cornwall today (during sunshine period) about 11am..100's over about 10 minutes.(August 15,2012) More... |
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2020-03-31 17:04:00 |
34.14295986 |
-118.7562604 |
Painted lady |
Migrating individual(s) |
200 |
315.0 |
90.0 |
6 |
mariposa |
Agoura Cornell Knoll, Agoura Hills, California, USA. Location precision: within a 6m radius. …and they are migrating again through our area. In the span of an hour, I saw about 200 Painted Ladies flying in NW direction. This one put in a pit stop on a Black Mustard flower, then hurried onwards. More... |
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2005-03-25 15:00:00 |
32.66 |
-117.03 |
Painted lady |
Migrating individual(s) |
200 |
0.0 |
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archive |
No description. More... |
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2019-04-15 19:50:00 |
35.82351508 |
-115.51687770000001 |
Painted lady |
Presence of butterfly in your area |
200 |
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0 |
mariposa |
Near Goodsprings, Clark County, Nevada. Location precision: within a 10m radius. Number observed: greater than 200. 70 F, light winds. Observed by lonnyholmes, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/22536249
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2005-06-16 14:04:00 |
49.4 |
-103.51 |
Painted lady |
Migrating individual(s) |
200 |
315.0 |
315.0 |
2 |
archive |
No description. More... |
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2005-08-02 12:00:00 |
50.32 |
-119.25 |
Painted lady |
First butterfly of the season |
200 |
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225.0 |
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archive |
On August 2 our garden filled with Painted Ladies, Vanessa cardui.. There are dozens of them here. They spend most of the day on the Echinacea, some like the cosmos. Initially they were quite pale especially with their wings folded but have become brighter. More... |
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2010-06-26 11:00:00 |
43.61236 |
-82.81712 |
Red admiral |
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200 |
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225.0 |
12 |
archive |
Observers - Randy Kursinsky and 7 others on a nature walk into the Minden Bog (supposedly most southerly existing raised bog in North America). Minden State Game Area, 2.5 miles west of Palms, MI, ZIP code, 48465, Sanilac Co., Michigan. More... |
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2007-06-24 12:00:00 |
42.92 |
-89.22 |
Red admiral |
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200 |
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archive |
Hi! I just finally figured out that the gazillion butterflies that are around my house, neighborhood and town are the Red Admiral. Unbelievable! There are so many. I am in Stoughton Wisconsin, 25 minutes South of Madison. I hope this info helps. Thanks! Renee Nelson More... |
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2007-07-06 12:00:00 |
37.386 |
-76.317 |
Red admiral |
Migrating individual(s) |
200 |
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archive |
Hello. I have been given your address by our local bug expert, who suggested I pass on to you some rather strange behavior of red diamond butterflies.
About 10 days ago we were "invaded" by hundreds of them. They kept flying into our windows, landing all around the house. More... |
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2005-03-20 15:00:00 |
34.1383 |
-118.1659 |
Painted lady |
Migrating individual(s) |
200 |
270.0 |
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archive |
Observer: Erik Winfree. This is easy: they are Painted Ladies, Vanessa cardui -- not Monarchs.
There has been a steady stream of them through my backyard in the foothills of Altadena, California, so I netted one (3pm March 20, 2005). More... |
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2015-07-02 19:00:00 |
42.0987014 |
-93.036339899998 |
Red admiral |
Presence of butterfly in your area |
200 |
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135.0 |
7 |
mariposa |
Posted by John Pearson on the Iowa Insects Mailing List. Hundreds of Red Admirals are nectaring on dozens of vervain-filled acres at Marietta Sand Prairie State Preserve (Marshall County, Iowa) this afternoon [before 2:54 p.m. CDT, the time of posting]. More... |
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2010-05-17 06:45:00 |
45.631 |
-73.519 |
Red admiral |
Migrating individual(s) |
200 |
90.0 |
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archive |
May 18
Here in the east of Montreal and I guess I like by all in the south of the province, migration has since resumed most beautiful Sunday. Without doubt, the largest of its kind vernal migration for many years. More... |
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2019-05-10 18:06:00 |
35.80978942 |
-115.96261320000002 |
Painted lady |
Presence of butterfly in your area |
200 |
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0 |
mariposa |
Inyo County, California. Location precision: within a 5m radius. Two hundred or more (200). They were thick as ants in this small valley. Probably the most butterflies I have seen in one small canyon ever! 58 degrees F, calm. Post rain, all night and early am. More... |
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2012-04-03 05:00:00 |
28.96189102756 |
-100.3920364338 |
Red admiral |
Presence of butterfly in your area |
200 |
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mariposa |
Carol Cullar, Cunningham Ranch north of Eagle Pass, Texas, ca. 28.96 N, 100.39 W. On April 3rd, I did another photo safari on the Cunningham Ranch and saw perhaps 200 Red admirals, BUT they were far outnumbered by the lyside sulphurs. More... |
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2019-10-09 15:10:00 |
44.8621967 |
-93.61627909999999 |
Painted lady |
Migrating individual(s), Presence of butterfly in your area |
200 |
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180.0 |
7 |
Livewombat |
The University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum was full of Painted Ladies, on dahlias, salvias, Verbena bonariensis, asters, and sunning on pavement. There were a few monarchs, but I didn't see any other Vanessa butterflies with them. More... |
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2017-09-06 05:00:00 |
38.94801925117074 |
-95.2639986520661 |
Painted lady |
Migrating individual(s) |
200 |
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0 |
mariposa |
Monarch garden, Foley Hall, University of Kansas, Lawrence. Observed by Orley "Chip" Taylor. From an article in Lawrence Journal-World, https://www2.ljworld.com/news/2017/sep/08/lawrence-experiencing-explosion-painted-lady-butte/ More... |
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2017-07-20 16:30:00 |
46.077641711 |
-95.160260398296 |
Painted lady |
Migrating individual(s) |
200 |
45.0 |
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mariposa |
[Observed by Mary Pohl; Rose City, MN, another of several points along a road trip] Yesterday (Thursday, July 20, 2017) my husband and I were driving in a southwesterly direction north of Browerville, MN, then through Browerville, and then leaving Browerville heading toward Alexandria, MN around 11 More... |
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2015-06-27 05:00:00 |
41.585543 |
-90.774381900004 |
Red admiral |
Presence of butterfly in your area |
200 |
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0.0 |
6 |
mariposa |
[Posted by Dan Mays to Iowa Insects Mailing List.] I saw hundreds of Red Admirals in eastern Iowa (Scott County), Walcott, Iowa especially on Saturday, June 27, 2015. More... |
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2017-05-26 20:57:00 |
35.115628 |
-106.64210170000001 |
Painted lady |
Presence of butterfly in your area |
200 |
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0 |
mariposa |
Albuquerque, New Mexico. The linden tree (Tilia americana) has hundreds of these butterflies all over it. Also honey bees and carpenter bees. The tree is covered. As I approach, often they fly further up the tree. Sometimes they circle each other. More... |
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2017-09-27 05:00:00 |
45.560451878119 |
-73.558874270935 |
Painted lady |
Presence of butterfly in your area |
200 |
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Donald Davis |
Yesterday Max Larrivee counted 11 monarchs and 200 painted ladies primarily in the tropical milkweed area of the Botanical Gardens adjacent to the Insectarium in Montreal. Reported to e-butterfly.org. [Accuracy: 250 m radius]
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2019-04-15 21:48:00 |
35.8236937 |
-115.51710639999999 |
Painted lady |
Presence of butterfly in your area |
200 |
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0 |
mariposa |
Near Goodsprings, Clark County, Nevada. Location precision: within a 10m radius. 70 F, light winds. Total seen in afternoon greater than 200. Observed by lonnyholmes, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/22536230
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2010-06-25 08:00:00 |
41.355 |
-70.512 |
Red admiral |
Migrating individual(s) |
200 |
0.0 |
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archive |
Hi, all, finally had my first Monarchs today, about a half-dozen at various= places in Edgartown. Also my first Baltimore, at Katama. The Red Admiral migration is heating up again: between 6:30 and 9:00, while surveying for grasshopper sparrows at Katama, I saw about 200 of them. More... |
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2005-04-01 14:00:00 |
37.85 |
-122.191 |
Painted lady |
Migrating individual(s) |
200 |
315.0 |
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archive |
Apr 1, 2005, 2 PM-3PM, PST
migrating NW, wind 10W, clear, 67F
estimate 200 butterflies. Basically I was birdwatching but was amazed by all the butterflies! Other birders in Alameda and Contra Costa Co. noted them yesterday.
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2012-05-08 05:00:00 |
43.600147325759 |
-84.284267735541 |
Red admiral |
Presence of butterfly in your area |
200 |
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DenBrook |
What we are looking at right now is recolonizing. I saw several hundred yesterday brooding no directional flight. A big mixed bag for the last few days; worn ladies, and anglewings and fresh Mourning Cloaks, Tiger Swallowtails and Monarchs.
Red Admirals are mixed worn and fresh.
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2005-03-31 12:00:00 |
33.6 |
-117.87 |
Painted lady |
Migrating individual(s) |
200 |
315.0 |
0.0 |
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archive |
Let's not call it an explosion, but we have had a delightful profusion of PL this morning in zip code 92625, Corona del Mar, CA. There have been dozens within sight at any given moment heading NW, parallel to the coast and about 45 deg off of a north wind. More... |
