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 Timesort ascending Latitude Longitude Species Type Number Observed Flight Direction (Degrees) Wind Direction (Degrees) Wind Speed Observed By Description/Notes
2022-04-24 20:30:00 40.42048650444126 -79.84675391393239 Red admiral First butterfly of the season, Migrating individual(s), Presence of butterfly in your area 1 22.5 0 Lepalot First Red Admiral of the year. More...
2022-01-09 20:31:00 26.707325455121524 -80.71861102437612 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 22.5 67.5 0 badewitt Perched on low cut vegetation More...
2021-09-02 21:55:00 46.1802239 -123.85259 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 45.0 315.0 9 lynn On THU, 9/2/21, watched Red Admiral from 2:55-3:10 pm (pacific time). First one we'd ever noticed. Our yard is planted for various pollinators and includes some purple deadnettle (Lamium purpureum) and a small cluster of purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea). More...
2021-07-25 20:22:00 44.9162814 -93.31538379999999 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 292.5 0 Livewombat This was only the second Red Admiral butterfly I've seen all summer. It was at a butterfly feeder, where it was eating overripe banana. Normally I have lots of them. More...
2021-07-11 18:47:00 44.9162814 -93.31538379999999 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 67.5 67.5 6 Livewombat This is the latest I've ever seen my first Red Admiral. I've also not been seeing signs of caterpillars on my nettles. More...
2021-06-18 15:27:00 49.097229519094064 -121.91388845443726 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 270.0 270.0 1 Lee Flying in property, nectaring on dames rocket which is abundant in flower beds. More...
2021-06-16 16:22:00 49.09723654409252 -121.91388845443726 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 1 90.0 270.0 2 Lee Flying, stopped momentarily then flew. More...
2021-06-13 18:53:00 33.7209593 -116.3450073 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 0 dmhall17@gmail.com No description. More...
2021-04-27 22:01:00 37.856973554707366 -122.26944215992307 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 270.0 0 badewitt Perched briefly then flew up and over house to the west More...
2021-04-25 19:30:00 39.0997265 -94.5785667 Red admiral First butterfly of the season, Presence of butterfly in your area 1 180.0 3 EBrown It was a very small Red Admiral, fluttering around my flowering crabapple tree, not really going in any particular direction. More...
2021-03-10 20:15:00 26.0573112 -80.271716 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 45.0 20 Ramona Johnston Red Admiral butterfly observed at native plant nursery in Cooper City, Florida nectaring on fragrant Yesterday-Today-Tomorrow shrub More...
2021-01-21 20:06:00 26.073830424746216 -80.41823657669667 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 badewitt Perched in sun. More...
2020-12-19 19:26:00 27.77749040275624 -97.09784691164629 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 157.5 315.0 8 badewitt sunny, on dunes just next to beach More...
2020-12-19 19:26:00 27.77749040275624 -97.09784691164629 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 157.5 315.0 8 badewitt sunny, on dunes just next to beach More...
2020-11-18 13:30:00 50.9705839880586 13.783093930687755 Red admiral Specimen Record 1 0 Sven Wagner Basking female on tree More...
2020-08-02 19:31:00 44.9162814 -93.31538379999999 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 180.0 4 Livewombat One American Painted Lady with a missing piece of the hind wing, nectaring on lantana, tithonia, cosmos, and phlox. Hanging around for at least an hour. More...
2020-07-10 19:30:00 36.57914380937464 -118.29254150390625 West coast lady Migrating individual(s) 10000 270.0 270.0 4 robtsp Thousands of west coast ladies moving from the Owens Valley across the main 14,000 foot plus Sierra Crest to the west. Were not observed at lower elevations or on lower peaks such as Mt Chamberlin or Hitchcock Peak on the same day at all. More...
2020-06-25 00:44:00 44.9162814 -93.31538379999999 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 1 Livewombat Red Admiral butterfly on several white objects placed for it along the edge of a raised bed. He made a couple of circuits of the garden but no other butterflies were seen. More...
2020-06-23 00:15:00 44.9162814 -93.31538379999999 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 2 337.5 9 Livewombat Red Admiral established an apparent territory along the west side of a cement block raised vegetable bed and chased at least one other red admiral. This has been a consistent preferred location for territorial behavior for at least a couple of years. More...
2020-05-27 04:03:00 26.1129928 -80.22847159999999 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 315.0 135.0 0 badewitt Nectaring on Wedelia More...
2020-05-15 16:40:00 41.2451916 -96.08179969999999 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area, Specimen Record 9 0.0 202.5 3 Am30668 Counted nine Painted Lady throughout various garden areas at my home. Some were in flight, others resting on the ground and rocks in the sun; three were on violet leaves. More...
2020-05-08 20:00:00 39.0997265 -94.5785667 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 2 0.0 0 EBrown No description. More...
2020-05-07 18:15:00 39.0997265 -94.5785667 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0.0 0 EBrown No description. More...
2020-05-07 07:15:00 42.5496 -86.00414 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 0 Ilse Gebhard Nectaring on garlic mustard. More...
2020-05-02 16:18:00 41.24502642014944 -96.08183066793053 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area, Specimen Record 1 180.0 2 Am30668 Resting on the ground in a sunny spot of butterfly garden. More...
2020-05-01 17:30:00 41.24517773495058 -96.08177750522786 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 112.5 7 Am30668 Resting on wild violet in front yard garden. Shady spot. More...
2020-04-15 22:48:00 26.20416101827485 -80.28337774035734 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 135.0 8 sueC No noticeable direction of flight, just roosting for the night. Same location as witnessed before and same behavior. Haven't seen this BF in 5 days and gave up looking for it, then there is was. It was witnessed by 2 neighbors. More...
2020-04-08 12:20:00 51.49940787792805 10.068840633665527 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 315.0 2 Sven Wagner First female of the season More...
2020-04-07 14:30:00 34.10895525 -118.6618745 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 67.5 3 mariposa Mulholland @ Ladybird, Calabasas, California, USA. Location precision: within a 13m radius. Surprise at 55 F... Perching on a Scrub Oak, then circling. 55F, partly cloudy. Observed by andreacala, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/41693514 More...
2020-04-03 21:13:00 34.13482851 -118.6485238 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 3 180.0 10 mariposa Calabasas Village, Calabasas, California 91302, USA. Location precision: within a 181m radius. Three Red Admirals showed up at the west side of my house in the late afternoon and stayed for about half an hour, circling and chasing one another… 64 F, clear. More...
2020-04-02 21:05:00 26.203980074317716 -80.28328952155556 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 90.0 0 sueC This is a repeat performance that I noticed about a month ago with another Red Admiral. I have a stump near my pollinator garden of which it seems the R. A. likes to visit. This recent visit was about the same time ( 5-5.30 PM)every day at the same location in my yard. More...
2020-04-01 22:15:00 26.094845475370004 -80.31302671242905 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 2 0 badewitt 2 Red Admirals flying together and separately in 30' corridor. 1 landed on me at least 6 times. More...
2020-04-01 15:48:00 34.12480701 -118.6347964 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 50 0.0 337.5 4 mariposa Summit to Summit Mtwy, Calabasas, California, USA. Location precision: within a 13 m radius. The Daily Vanessa: I did some roadside observations around a large patch of California Brittlebush on a north facing slope. More...
2020-03-31 20:29:00 30.00063968 -93.24307089 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 2 0.0 15 mariposa Lake Charles area, Louisiana, USA (location obscured). 2nd individual seen today. 75 F, partly cloudy. Observed by ilouque, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/41132145 More...
2020-03-31 18:22:00 30.0879121 -93.34443768 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 17 mariposa Lake Charles, Louisiana (location obscured). Visited clover and shallot flowers. Windy, 71F. Observed by ilouque, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/41119462 More...
2020-03-31 17:44:00 34.14233829 -118.7558822 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Agoura Cornell Knoll, Agoura Hills, California, USA. Location precision: within a 41m radius. This Painted Lady wasn’t migrating… She laid a single egg on a Milk Thistle. 76 F, clear to partly cloudy. Observed by andreacala, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. More...
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...
2020-03-30 22:30:00 33.592100755947065 -117.59808540344238 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 50 315.0 0 TrabucoTrey Began in the mid-late afternoon sunshine on 3/30. 2 or 3 flying by every minute or so all around our area of inland Orange County. Friend in Bakersfield said they were passing through there the same day. They came along again the next day (3/31), and again today (4/1). More...
2020-03-30 21:00:00 33.163827 -117.2270312 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 60 337.5 0 schnepp0410 No description. More...
2020-03-30 20:20:00 42.00776214706462 -93.61324496094868 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 2 22.5 9 mariposa Two Painted Ladies visiting plants in the back plant area of Earl May Garden Center, Ames, Iowa. Observed by Rita Gartin. Sunny, 63 F/17 C, dew point 20 F/-7 C, north to northeast winds 8 - 10 mph, gusting to 18 mph. More...
2020-03-30 19:37:00 34.04175137 -118.5794597 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 337.5 5 mariposa Lower Topanga State Park, Topanga, California, USA. Location precision: within a 10m radius. Feeding on Wild Radish. 67 F, clear. Observed by andreacala, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/41077383 More...
2020-03-29 22:00:00 33.163827 -117.2270312 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 30 315.0 0 schnepp0410 No description. More...
2020-03-29 21:17:00 26.04926434715416 -80.38335757213645 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 180.0 0 badewitt Nectaring on Mikania scandens. Flew south. More...
2020-03-28 13:53:00 51.49935313895761 10.068863081718384 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 0.0 2 Sven Wagner No description. More...
2020-03-26 20:44:00 34.09743937 -118.6498883 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 315.0 19 mariposa Calabasas Peak Trail, Stunt Road, Calabasas, California, USA. Location precision: within a 10m radius. Mud puddling, then meandering across the area. 55F, mostly sunny. Observed by andreacala, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40817246 More...
2020-03-22 18:56:00 34.12354124 -118.6377279 Painted lady First butterfly of the season, Presence of butterfly in your area 2 180.0 10 mariposa Calabasas Peak Mtwy, Topanga, CA, USA. Location precision: within a 10m radius. There were at least two Painted Ladies patrolling the area. I saw two meet and tussle at one point. They stopped briefly to feed on California Brittlebush, then continued their wide, meandering circles. More...
2020-03-21 17:45:00 35.061871 -80.085332 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge, Anson County, North Carolina. Location precision: estimated within a 1000m radius. Observed by Mike Turner, CarolinaLeps Newsgroup. "Today I visited Pee Dee NWRfrom about 12:45 to 5 pm. Weather was sunny and 80 F. More...
2020-03-21 17:45:00 35.061871 -80.085352 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge, Anson County, North Carolina. Location precision: estimated within a 1000m radius. Observed by Mike Turner, CarolinaLeps Newsgroup. "Today I visited Pee Dee NWRfrom about 12:45 to 5 pm. Weather was sunny and 80 F. More...
2020-03-19 12:15:00 51.148536092292964 13.882391602442729 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 2 225.0 6 Sven Wagner One female and one male; both on Salix caprea male flower catkins. More...
2020-03-18 14:43:00 30.26566317 -93.19777026 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA. Location precision: within a 4m radius. Windy, 75F, mostly cloudy. Observed by ilouque, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40254308 More...

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