Butterfly Observations

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Date and Time Latitude Longitudesort ascending Species Type Number Observed Flight Direction (Degrees) Wind Direction (Degrees) Wind Speed Observed By Description/Notes
2006-10-22 15:00:00 38.934 -74.958 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 1 180.0 archive Butterfly landed on shrub and crawled to underside of branch during passing rain cloud. Sorry I don't have better info - I'm a birder who just discovered monarch migration and had to google this butterfly to identify it! More...
2005-10-01 12:00:00 38.934 -74.958 American lady 5 archive Cape May State Park & 'The Circle', Cape May Point, NJ. Observer: A. Loudell. 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...
2006-05-28 12:00:00 39.24 -74.97 American lady 0 archive Observer: J. DiOrio. More...
2006-09-10 12:00:00 39.2445 -74.9781 American lady 3 archive Observer: J. DiOrio. More...
2006-04-09 12:00:00 39.2445 -74.9781 American lady 2 archive Observer: J E DiOrio. More...
2012-08-14 05:00:00 45.324276323192 -74.984822308629 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...
2005-04-03 12:00:00 39.22 -74.99 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 2 archive Very early migrant. Observer: B. Roberts More...
2007-07-10 12:00:00 38.51 -75.05 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 100 270.0 archive Dates of Sightings: July 8-14, 2007. Type of Sighting: Migrating individuals. Flight direction: from east to west. Every day this week, we've seen many dozens of Red Admirals flying off the ocean across the beach. Presumably they're coming from New Jersey, well to our NE. More...
2007-07-09 12:00:00 38.51 -75.05 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 100 270.0 archive Dates of Sightings: July 8-14, 2007 Type of Sighting: Migrating individuals. Flight direction: from east to west. Every day this week, we've seen many dozens of Red Admirals flying off the ocean across the beach. Presumably they're coming from New Jersey, well to our NE. More...
2007-07-08 12:00:00 38.51 -75.05 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 100 270.0 archive Every day this week, we've seen many dozens of Red Admirals flying off the ocean across the beach. Presumably they're coming from New Jersey, well to our NE. 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...
2019-09-19 05:00:00 41.60873369999999 -75.0588391 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Tusten Heritage Community Garden, Narrowsburg, New York. Location precision: estimated within a 40m radius. Observed by Ed Wesely. “another ’fresh’ P.L. in THCG.” (E-mail communication). Note: The Tusten Garden — ca. More...
2019-10-21 05:00:00 41.60873369999999 -75.0588391 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Tusten Heritage Community Garden, Narrowsburg, New York. Location precision: estimated within a 40m radius. Observed by Ed Wesely. “a P.L. at THCG.” (E-mail communication). Note: The Tusten Garden — ca. More...
2019-09-15 05:00:00 41.60873369999999 -75.0588391 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Tusten Heritage Community Garden, Narrowsburg, New York. Location precision: estimated within a 40m radius. Observed by Ed Wesely. “a fresh P.L. in THCG.” (E-mail communication). More...
2019-10-10 05:00:00 41.60873369999999 -75.0588391 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 3 0 mariposa Tusten Heritage Community Garden, Narrowsburg, New York. Location precision: estimated within a 40m radius. Observed by Ed Wesely. “3 P.L’s on Buddleia Bush in THCG.” (E-mail communication). Note: The Tusten Garden — ca. More...
2019-09-13 05:00:00 41.60873369999999 -75.0588391 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Tusten Heritage Community Garden, Narrowsburg, New York. Location precision: estimated within a 40m radius. Observed by Ed Wesely. “a faded P.L. in THCG.” (E-mail communication). More...
2019-10-28 05:00:00 41.60873369999999 -75.0588391 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 3 0 mariposa Tusten Heritage Community Garden, Narrowsburg, New York. Location precision: estimated within a 40m radius. Observed by Ed Wesely. “ a P.L. in a.m.; 2 P.L’s in p.m.– one faded, one ‘fresh’.” (E-mail communication). Note: The Tusten Garden — ca. More...
2019-09-29 05:00:00 41.60873369999999 -75.0588391 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 3 0 mariposa Tusten Heritage Community Garden, Narrowsburg, New York. Location precision: estimated within a 40m radius. Observed by Ed Wesely. “3 P.L’s at THCG: one in a.m.; two in p.m..” (E-mail communication). Note: The Tusten Garden — ca. More...
2019-10-26 05:00:00 41.60873369999999 -75.0588391 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Tusten Heritage Community Garden, Narrowsburg, New York. Location precision: estimated within a 40m radius. Observed by Ed Wesely. “a P.L. in good condition’ at THCG; it also rested on a wood chip.” (E-mail communication). Note: The Tusten Garden — ca. More...
2019-09-27 05:00:00 41.60873369999999 -75.0588391 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Tusten Heritage Community Garden, Narrowsburg, New York. Location precision: estimated within a 40m radius. Observed by Ed Wesely. “a P.L. in THCG.” (E-mail communication). Note: The Tusten Garden — ca. More...
2019-10-24 05:00:00 41.60873369999999 -75.0588391 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Tusten Heritage Community Garden, Narrowsburg, New York. Location precision: estimated within a 40m radius. Observed by Ed Wesely. “a P.L. at THCG.” (E-mail communication). Note: The Tusten Garden — ca. More...
2019-07-28 05:00:00 41.672522950678434 -75.06445750311593 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 1 0 mariposa Calkins Creek, Milanville, Pennsylvania. Location precision: Estimated within a 400m radius. Observed by Ed Wesely. “1st P.L. I’ve seen [this season] - at Joe Pye Weed on a gravel bar in Calkins Creek.” (E-mail communication.) More...
2019-09-28 05:00:00 41.672375 -75.06475549999999 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Near Milanville, Pennsylvania. Location precision: estimated within a 3.5 km radius. Observed by Ed Wesely. “A ‘Fresh’ P.L. that flew over my windshield.” (E-mail communication). More...
2019-08-17 05:00:00 41.672375 -75.06475549999999 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Near Milanville, Pennsylvania. Location precision: estimated within a 3.5 km radius. Observed by Ed Wesely. “One P.L. in a hay meadow, on the grass.” (E-mail communication). More...
2015-08-15 22:15:00 45.305320543382 -75.108276867333 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 100 225.0 Donald Davis (Max Rogers) I literally saw clouds of them flying over the 417 near Casselman around 5:15 pm. More...
2007-05-14 12:00:00 45.39 -75.17 Red admiral 2 archive Hi all, I too had a few red admirals today, in Larose Forest. I didn't get there until later in the day (to do an amphibian survey at dusk and after), but I had two red admirals, two milbert's tortoiseshells, three mustard whites and three spring azures. More...
2015-06-25 22:15:00 38.516877503 -75.18094539344 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 20 0 michael.munroe This was my first time identifying this butterfly. My partner has seen them in our yard the the past two days. They seem to be staying. They are faster than I thought butterflies could be. They seem to be feeding on sap at the bottom of a tree. I will identify the tree tomorrow. More...
2015-06-26 23:15:00 38.516911081056 -75.18133163146 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 12 michael.munroe I think they have settled in for a while. They seem to like the base of a Chestnut Oak that has a scarred and damaged base.I assume the group are mostly males but I cant distinguish. But flight pattern suggests. More...
2017-10-05 19:30:00 41.474696406244 -75.184843601258 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 12 mariposa (Observed by Ed Wesely) ....In nearby Hawley PA a friend alerted me this week that she was seeing "battalions" of P. Ladies in large gardens at the Catholic Church. I spent a half hour there in bright sunlight, from 2:30 until 3 p.m. on 10/4 - T. More...
2017-10-07 05:00:00 41.474700425536 -75.184870423343 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 50 mariposa (Observed by Ed Wesely) ....In nearby Hawley PA a friend alerted me this week that she was seeing "battalions" of P. Ladies in large gardens at the Catholic Church. I spent a half hour there in bright sunlight, from 2:30 until 3 p.m. on 10/4 - T. More...
2017-10-04 19:30:00 41.474722079721 -75.184905734927 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 36 mariposa (Observed by Ed Wesely) ....In nearby Hawley PA a friend alerted me this week that she was seeing "battalions" of P. Ladies in large gardens at the Catholic Church. I spent a half hour there in bright sunlight, from 2:30 until 3 p.m. on 10/4 - T. More...
2010-05-02 12:00:00 37.9706 -75.3304 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 0 archive May 2-5: Red admirals and painted ladies were numerous at Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, Assateague Island, Virginia. Denise Gibbs, Chincoteague Monarch Monitoring Project More...
2003-09-15 12:00:00 37.9331 -75.3792 Painted lady 0 archive No description. More...
2004-01-03 12:00:00 38.076 -75.387 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive Observer: Dave Czaplak. On Sat. 3rd at the north tract (Girdletree) of Vaughn WMA, Worchester Co., MD., one Red Admiral. The temperature was 65 F. More...
2019-08-14 05:00:00 38.803148 -75.504708 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Four miles east of Greenwood, Delaware. Location precision: estimated within a 100m radius. I saw one from my home in Delaware zip 19950. about 15 miles from Delaware Bay. It was in an area where my bird feeders are. More...
2012-07-31 17:15:00 38.454365 -75.509872 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 225.0 15 jonbailly Nice fresh looking specimen. Sunny day; about 72 degrees F. More...
2019-09-18 05:00:00 35.88581257167321 -75.66805582510682 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 3 0 mariposa Roanoke Island, North Carolina. Location precision: estimated within a 100m radius. Observed by Mike Turner, CarolinaLeps Newsgroup. "On Wednesday I stopped at the Outer Banks Visitors Center in Manteo, NC to check the Lantana for butterflies. In about one hour I saw the following. More...
2017-09-27 06:00:00 43.9690428 -75.6688307 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 36 Carla1252 No description. More...
2007-05-11 12:00:00 45.2261 -75.6842 Red admiral 0 archive Christina Lewis wrote: Hi Don, 1st Ottawa-area report of Ruby-throated Hummingbird was on 11 May in Manotick, ON (Dave Sangster). No Monarchs here yet, but several Red Admirals were seen last week. I'll be sure to let you know when the 1st Monarch is reported! Cheers, Chris More...
2012-05-09 05:00:00 45.4215296 -75.69719309999999 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 5 0.0 0 Donald Davis Rain in parts of Ontario today, including here (Ottawa), BUT individual red admirals still streaming north across highways. Don Davis, Toronto, Ontario, Canada More...
2012-08-08 05:00:00 45.4215296 -75.6971931 Painted lady Migrating individual(s), Presence of butterfly in your area 400 Donald Davis (Peter Hall) Sightings of hundreds of Painted Ladies, flying east to west in western Quebec were reported to Journey North. One report identified these as "Monarchs". More...
2012-04-16 05:00:00 45.4215296 -75.6971931 Red admiral First butterfly of the season, Migrating individual(s) 30 180.0 13 Donald Davis (Chris Schmidt) A quick "eastern perspective" on the migrants this year. More...
2010-05-02 12:00:00 45.412 -75.698 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 1000 archive Christina Lewis, Wednesday, May 5, 2010, 9:17 PM. Hi Don, Lilacs have been starting to bloom (in sheltered areas) of Ottawa for about a week or so, and many look ready to go full out within the next few days. Re: Red Admirals: LOTS!!!! More...
2011-02-17 06:00:00 35.937632 -75.71120300000001 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 3 0 mariposa Karl Gottschalk and I saw (and I photographed) what seemed to be multiple Red Admirals visiting violets at the Elizabethan Gardens in Manteo, Dare County, NC on 2/17/11.  This was a big surprise for me, since I've never seen any butterflies visiting the violets typically planted in my neighborh More...
2006-05-28 12:00:00 39.562 -75.721 Red admiral 1 archive Observer: A. Loudell. More...
2016-05-21 10:43:00 45.338658 -75.742234 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Location precision: within a 100m radius. Observed by owenclarkin, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3387778 More...
2019-08-03 05:00:00 36.166238 -75.75597099999999 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Duck Community Park, Duck, North Carolina. Location precision: estimated within a 300m radius. Observed by Tom Stock, CarolinaLeps Newsgroup: "Biked into Duck from Southern Shores yesterday (August 3) waving to everyone sitting in traffic. More...
2006-04-30 12:00:00 39.734 -75.758 American lady 1 archive Observer: A. Loudell More...
2006-04-30 12:00:00 39.732 -75.758 Red admiral 2 archive Observer: A. Loudell More...

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