Butterfly Observations

E.g., Friday, March 29, 2024
E.g., Friday, March 29, 2024
E.g., Friday, March 29, 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
2005-04-10 12:00:00 42.1517 -93.8248 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive I saw a red admiral at my place on Sunday April 10, about noon, trying to nectar on my apricot tree. More...
2017-07-01 15:23:00 46.65464018 -87.63020323 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Ishpeming Township, Michigan. Location precision: not recorded. Observation by nonfictionsteve, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8026704 More...
2007-05-15 12:00:00 44.0283 -78.3875 Red admiral 2 archive Butterfly breeder Rod Parrott of Port Hope, Ontario (north shore of Lake Ontario 100 km east of Toronto) captured 2 female red admirals in his small wire butterfly trap (attracted to very ripe bananas) yesterday. More...
2017-09-06 14:00:00 41.701407607466 -91.596396189637 Painted lady Migrating individual(s), Presence of butterfly in your area 100 mariposa (Observed by Cicely Brennan in Coralville, Iowa) As I was walking my dog this morning down Lynncrest Dr., I noticed lots of butterflies that at first I thought were Monarchs. But they looked too small, and had dusty middles. More...
2006-04-16 12:00:00 30.658 -91.997 Painted lady 5 archive Observer: C. Marks. More...
2015-12-08 21:45:00 30.563306 -97.548479000002 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 marillionjade24 Very battered and faded and furiously defended a sunny garden spot. Landed on my shoulder too. Didn't stay long. More...
2019-05-22 18:20:00 42.35248855773976 -85.74275790454573 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 Ilse Gebhard Nectaring on wood hyazinth More...
2001-04-23 12:00:00 32.72 -117.17 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 0.0 archive Observer: Sue Melnick. More...
2010-06-29 10:15:00 42.359 -71.728 Red admiral 2 archive Subject: [MassLep] Tower Hill Botanic Garden- Boylston ,MA. Butterfly sightings during a Tower Hill Botanic Garden walk today between 10:15 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. are as follows: American Lady 1, Red Admiral 2, Monarch 1. Wendy Miller, Boylston,MA More...
2011-04-14 05:00:00 34.469611 -77.47190999999998 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 2 0 mariposa North Topsail Island, Onslow County, North Carolina. Location precision: estimated within a radius of 6 km. Most of the nectar sources on the island seem to be wild ones at this time of year. More...
2005-04-06 12:00:00 26.0725 -98.1423 Painted lady 10 archive I recorded 10-12 individual V. cardui on April 6 but 5-6 on April 7. More...
2010-04-11 11:00:00 41.54302 -93.46481 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 archive Photographed, nectaring on dandelions More...
2017-04-10 14:39:00 36.15016468 -115.42311949999998 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Clark County, Nevada. Location precision: 11m radius. Observation by lonnyholmes, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5669827 More...
2005-04-04 12:00:00 36.45 -84.52 American lady 1 archive Observers: S. Steadman, R. Venable. Coordinates are for the centroid of Scott Co., Tennessee. More...
2012-08-14 05:00:00 45.062977430996 -74.771962201157 Painted lady Migrating individual(s), Presence of butterfly in your area 50 Donald Davis (Ross Dobson) Also observed many along Hwy 138 between Cornwall and Hwy 417 yesterday (August 14). More...
2019-05-22 16:11:00 43.16174830000001 -70.64825810000002 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 50 0 mariposa York, Maine. Location precision: estimated within a 5 km radius. Observed by Judy Goodell. "I read about your study in Xerces Society Gardening With Butterflies book today. I am forwarding photos taken in my yard on May 22 at 11:11 AM. More...
2005-10-01 12:00:00 38.938 -74.9669 Painted lady 35 archive "The Circle," Cape May Point, and Cape May State Park. Observer: A. Loudell. More...
2012-05-03 05:00:00 41.95001772268846 -82.51452712080209 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 250 0 Donald Davis Henrietta T. O'Neill and myself spent the entire day covering the park. First the entire Tip area, then we walked the entire length of the park from the north end of Northwest Beach to the Tip, finishing at about 5:30 p.m. (and I still feel rather good!). More...
2005-06-18 08:00:00 49.7 -112.82 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 2000 archive On Thursday of this week I was astonished to see hundreds and hundreds of what I believe are Painted Ladies swarming in the lilac bushes next door and filling the air nearby. Again today, I went for a walk and there are literally thousands in the area at the present time. More...
2010-04-07 12:00:00 41.1867 -74.0237 American lady 2 archive Observer: T. Fiore. More...
2017-02-07 20:38:00 30.41432667 -98.128535 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Travis County, Texas. Location precision: not reported. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5070546 More...
2005-01-03 12:00:00 26.1596 -97.9909 Red admiral 2 archive Observers: D. Muschalek, B. Basham. Coordinates are for the intersection of two main roads (one paralleling railroad tracks)in the center of Weslaco. More...
2017-09-20 15:00:00 41.2343318 -95.916497099998 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1246 Joanne When started was 12 mph and after four hours 8 mph according do accuweather More...
2001-03-15 12:00:00 29.0669 -97.3336 American lady 21 archive Observer: T. Muschalek. More...
2012-06-12 12:00:00 53.407574 -113.7597058 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 Donald Davis (Shelley Ryan-Hovind) A little tattered and tired, found this guy early this morn at DBG [Devonian Botanic Garden south of Edmonton, Alberta]. More...
2003-10-23 12:00:00 29.07 -97.33 Painted lady 18 archive Observer: D. Muschalek. More...
2012-10-20 19:06:00 35.846768335978 -94.685285856276 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 Cliff Ivy Sunny warm afternoon. Caney creek riparian area. Painted lady was mineralizing wet gravel. More...
2019-03-13 05:00:00 34.895796 -117.01728300000002 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 100 0 mariposa Barstow, California. Location precision: estimated within a radius of 4 km. I’ve seen quite a few of them here in Barstow. That’s in the Mojave. I didn’t know they migrated, very cool. Thanks for the diary. Observed by ontheleftcoast, Daily Kos. More...
2005-07-09 12:00:00 51.05 -114.083 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 5 180.0 29 archive No description. More...
2016-11-06 19:03:00 36.15841808 -115.4287147 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Clark County, Nevada. Location precision: within an 8m radius. Observed by lonnyholmes, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4643764 More...
2004-04-05 12:15:00 37.3635 -118.3951 Red admiral 1 247.5 archive 3rd V. atalanta observed this season. 5 Apr, 1215 hrs, flying to WSW; Bishop, Inyo Co, Calif, 4100'. More...
2017-10-02 16:45:00 38.34542596875 -123.00953864542 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 4 Lisahug Bay Hill Road. nectar on Coyote Brushes and then move fast. More...
2006-05-18 12:00:00 37.53 -121.82 Painted lady 1 archive Observers: J. Hall and D. Edwards. More...
2016-02-25 21:01:00 30.563306 -97.548479000002 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 marillionjade24 brightly colored and sunning itself on a concrete hippo More...
2003-05-09 12:00:00 39.7692 -84.0053 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 0 archive No description. More...
2019-03-25 16:44:00 34.76988833 -106.76126999999997 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 2 0 mariposa 1036A Miller Rd, Los Lunas, New Mexico. Location precision: within a 16m radius. Nectaring. Observed by mirandak, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/21602717 More...
2005-07-12 12:00:00 61.87 -121.35 Painted lady 3 archive Hi, Royce, I just saw your note requesting information on the Painted Lady, in Ontario Insects, which I received today. I spent most of the summer in the Northwest Territories, so I missed most of the irruption of Painted Ladies. But not quite all! More...
2010-04-30 12:00:00 43.33 -79.91 Red admiral 0 archive John Marshall of Waterdown, Ontario (near Hamilton) reported seeing a "flock" of red admirals on April 30. Harry Hewick of Waterdown also reported good numbers there on May 3rd. More...
2016-07-08 23:53:00 37.78258 -122.46134169999999 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa 325 3rd Ave., San Francisco, California. Location precision: not recorded. Observed by rebeccafay, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3651943 More...
2006-06-06 12:00:00 41.0944 -95.538 Red admiral 1 archive Hi – someone had mentioned to me that someone, somewhere in iowa was studying the red admiral butterflies. I did a google search and found your website. More...
41.234332 -95.916497 Painted lady 1 9 mariposa A perfect day for butterflying More...
2002-03-09 12:00:00 40.91 -73.27 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive Observer: O. Blanchard. More...
2005-07-02 12:00:00 57.03 -122.52 Painted lady 0 archive Observer: Chris Schmidt. I just returned from a (wet, cold) trip to Pink Mtn in NE BC, which, (surprise, surprise) also had painted ladies hilltopping. I would expect that at least some should reach the arctic coast, as they have in the past. More...
2010-05-14 12:00:00 42.52 -83.24 Red admiral 6 archive observed at least 6 red admiral butterflies in my garden Friday May 14 at approximately noon. I have lawn but also significant gardens beds of native plants. Bloomfield Township, Michigan 48301 42.52 83.24 More...
2016-03-12 06:00:00 30.198617 -97.611335 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Feeding on Agarita. 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/2773161 More...
2008-05-28 14:00:00 42.35 -85.74 Red admiral 1 archive Hi, We had a red admiral at Sand Creek Preserve, Alamo township, Kalamazoo county MI yesterday, May 28, 2008 at 2 pm. Sunny, 62 degrees. No directional flight. Lots of nettle in the area, so need to start looking for folded leaves. Ilse Gebhard More...
2018-02-15 06:00:00 35.11055848783424 -81.01723676025131 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 0 mariposa [Chris Talkington, Carolina Leps] Had my first butterflies of the year today at McDowell Nature Preserve while working on a couple trail reroutes. We saw a fly by Sulphur sp. It was smaller and more of a darker orange possibly a Sleepy Orange. More...
2001-05-13 12:00:00 47.5861 -93.8213 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 320 22.5 archive Royce: Some weekend observations: Wow! I was out fishing on Jessie Lake in Itasca County in Northern Minnesota (Location approx 47°30' N, and 93°50' W) on Sunday, May 13. I observed about 3-4 Red Admirals/minute between 10:30 am and 12 pm. I'd say 90% were headed N/NE. More...
2016-06-24 06:10:00 37.9478319 -78.2353373 Red admiral First butterfly of the season, Presence of butterfly in your area 1 Lastrega Butterfly was puddling More...
2019-08-03 05:00:00 41.709034 -75.053469 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Cochecton, New York. Location precision: estimated within a 1.5 km radius. Observed by Ed Wesely. “A single P.L. nectaring on Thistle flowers, 3 miles North of Milanville.” (E-mail communication). More...

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