Butterfly Observations

E.g., Thursday, April 18, 2024
E.g., Thursday, April 18, 2024
E.g., Thursday, April 18, 2024
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Date and Time Latitude Longitude Speciessort descending Type Number Observed Flight Direction (Degrees) Wind Direction (Degrees) Wind Speed Observed By Description/Notes
2006-05-27 12:00:00 41.25 -73.59 American lady 0 archive Observer: H. Zirlin. USGS Pound Ridge (NY,CT) Topo Map. More...
2010-05-22 14:12:00 43.04095 -76.406944 American lady 1 archive This individual seemed to be laying eggs on the pussytoes and pearly everlasting. I saw another one (or the same one?) earlier in the day, also apparently laying eggs. More...
2010-05-17 12:15:00 43.04095 -76.40694400000007 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 archive The American ladies have been coming for the pussytoes and pearly everlastings, which I have planted just for them. More...
2009-04-17 12:00:00 31.14 -92.49 American lady 7 archive Observer: C. Marks. More...
2007-05-22 14:30:00 43.63 -84.26 American lady 1 67.5 8 archive 1 American Lady 1 Lady (sp) assume another American Lady More...
2006-05-29 12:00:00 41.4259 -73.9679 American lady 30 archive Observer: T. Fiore. USGS West Point (NY) Topo Map. More...
2010-05-24 12:30:00 43.04095 -76.406944 American lady 2 archive Both individuals were in the same location laying eggs on pearly everlasting. More...
2009-05-09 12:00:00 40.01 -74.32 American lady 10 archive Observers: A. Loudell, S. Johnson, J. Cromartie, & others on annual Newark Entomological Society field trip. More...
2007-05-25 10:00:00 45.4346 -76.172 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 0 archive Hi, Royce, I saw my first American Lady of the year, this morning at about 10 am, again in my garden, which seems to be my best location this year. Temperature 28 degrees C, no wind. Ross More...
2009-03-26 12:00:00 30.8 -81.95 American lady 2 archive Observer: T. Palmer. More...
2017-05-14 14:17:00 30.33778666 -97.89463057 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa American lady, Common Ford Metropolitan Park, Austin, Texas. On American basket flower. Location precision: 65m radius. Observation by hobbylep, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6485653 More...
2017-04-15 23:00:00 43.0699663 -94.233019000003 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 mariposa Wandering around the yard after coming home from work this evening, I watched an American Lady flit around and then settle up underneath a pine branch- a safe spot ahead of the coming thunderstorm line. -- Matt Kenne, Algona, Iowa More...
2007-11-12 06:00:00 30.26888983 -97.77190446999998 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa American Lady, Vanessa virginiensis, Zilker Botanical Gardens, Austin, Travis Co., Texas, 12 November 2007. Location precision: not recorded. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194906 More...
2016-03-16 05:00:00 30.219265 -98.08657800000003 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Dripping Springs Ranch Park, Hays County, Texas. Location precision: within a 57m radius. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2791119 More...
2018-05-23 15:15:00 35.7269211 -79.17509510000002 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 bgruener Feeding on coreopsis at Chatham Mills pollinator garden More...
2015-03-13 05:00:00 30.298004 -98.06667900000002 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Murphy Ranch, Travis Co., Texas. Location precision: within a 28m radius. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1290410 More...
2016-11-30 15:26:00 30.14036167 -97.45934499999998 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa McKinney Roughs Nature Park, Bastrop Co., Texas. Location precision: not recorded. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4668738 Image 2 shows an American Lady on the left and a Painted Lady on the right. More...
2017-04-12 05:00:00 42.905475450026 -87.942988230967 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 mariposa [Judith Huf, Wisconsin Butterflies] Location: Falk Park, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Lots of Red Admirals and other butterflies were congregating on the dripping sap from the workings of the Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers today. More...
2017-04-12 05:00:00 43.0493192 -87.8996528 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 2 mariposa [Heidi Haring, Wisconsin Butterflies] Corner of East Lyon Street and North Astor Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Lower 50's with occasional chilly wind. Very docile - more interested in sunning itself than worrying about me. Another flitted past as I was attempting the photo. More...
2016-04-02 05:00:00 37.680426 -122.42640699999998 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa San Bruno Mt. State and County Park, Brisbane, California. Location precision: not recorded. Observed by robberfly, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2868889 More...
2017-04-09 17:40:00 39.051579124708 -91.187938878619 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 Butterfly Watcher No description. More...
2017-04-18 23:37:00 37.67797167 -122.42218830000002 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa San Bruno Mountain State & County Park, South San Francisco, California. Location precision: not recorded. Observation by rebeccafay, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5844991 More...
2016-04-27 05:00:00 41.755927 -82.688343 American lady Migrating individual(s) 2 45.0 11 Donald Davis We've had cooler weather and today wet, cool weather, but these observations from a few days ago are interesting as Pelee Island is out in the middle of Lake Erie between the Canadian and U.S. mainland; is about 16 square miles in size and is the southernmost populated spot in Canada. More...
2013-05-22 22:30:00 42.030129270579 -82.588426957147 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 6 225.0 13 Donald Davis (Gary Tetzlaff) 6 American Lady - two very small males and four worn females (one very large) - mostly resting on dried grass clumps at ground level. Wed 22 late afternoon between storm fronts in full sun - 40 minutes. More...
2016-09-25 15:37:00 45.27375016 -75.85709273999998 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Eagleson Ponds, Kanata, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Location precision: within an 8m radius. Observed by meadowhawk, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4200355 More...
2014-06-22 05:00:00 35.6784 -93.68959999999998 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Mulberry River, Johnson County, Arkansas, 22 June 2014, 35.6784, -93.6896. Location precision: within a 25m radius. Both shots of same individual. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/861301 More...
2016-09-29 16:20:00 31.79886905 -110.79608860000002 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Pima County, Arizona. Location precision: within a 14m radius. Observed by lonnyholmes, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4269490 More...
2017-03-02 17:42:00 30.19863783 -98.11422907999997 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Dripping Springs, Hays Co., Texas, 2 March 2017. Location precision: 15m radius. Observation by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5213164 More...
2017-08-18 20:25:00 42.031055 -93.647266 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 6 mariposa Genetics Laboratory, Ames, Iowa. Nectaring on ironweed along with a number of Painted Ladies. Sunny. Observation by iowabiologist, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8462736 . Location precision: 1m radius. 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...
2016-07-17 15:24:00 44.68970834 -79.04798269000003 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Tattered and rather difficult to identify. North Bear Alvar, Carden Alvar, Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada. Location precision: within a 250m radius. 30 C, light wind. Observed by dkaposi, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://inaturalist.ca/observations/3730514 More...
2018-04-28 15:45:00 34.62875012492736 -79.91425208951114 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 2 0 mariposa [Chris Talkington, CarolinaLeps] Cheraw State Park, April 28, 2018, 10:00 - 11:25 am. .... Weather could not have been better.... American Lady 2.... [Location precision: 3 km radius.] More...
2014-11-23 06:00:00 30.217755 -97.65184899999997 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Hornsby Bend Wastewater Treatment Ponds and Wildlife Areas, Travis County, Texas. Location precision: within a 57m radius. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1089975 All three shots of the same individual. More...
2015-05-12 14:35:00 40.988427092003 -92.011225151891 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 13 Moni single American Lady landed on the trail long enough for positive ID More...
2017-07-31 05:00:00 42.37536 -71.17909500000002 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 270.0 4 mariposa American Lady on Verbena bonariensis in Watertown, Massachusetts garden setting. 83 F, wind from the west, 4 mph. Location precision: 186m radius. Observation by mcdunn, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9221084 More...
2016-02-25 22:08:00 19.692406325853 -98.843513293932 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 mariposa San Juan Teotihuacán, Estado de Mexico, Mexico, 19.69227 N, 98.84360 W. Saw a dark American Lady patrolling at the top of the Pyramid of the Sun. More...
2015-05-17 20:49:00 43.005530315197 -90.441667273121 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0.0 180.0 16 SusanC No description. More...
2016-05-13 16:04:00 33.09374833 -96.64151833 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa 1215 Cameron Lane, Allen Texas. Location precision: not reported. I hardly ever see the painted lady. Observed by butterflies4fun, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3179752 More...
2017-01-23 16:43:00 30.1985822 -98.11393028999998 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Dripping Springs, Hays County, Texas. Coming in to feed on rotting banana. American Lady, in normal years, is not a species found in January in central Texas. I have seen at least three other records this month in the Austin area on iNat and today I have one. More...
2018-05-21 19:00:00 36.255047588795854 -80.50839378339828 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 2 0 mariposa [Gene Schepker, CarolinaLeps] Partial sunshine, cloudy turning to light rain from 1:30 - 2:45 I found: ... American Lady 2.... Yadkin County section of Pilot Mountain State Park, North Carolina. More...
2015-05-21 19:26:00 42.003733129212 -93.657342447018 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 292.5 20 mariposa Ames, Iowa. Meadow Glen Road east of State Avenue. An American Lady was flying about and briefly landed in the grass about 320' east of the west end of this grass strip along this east-west stretch of Meadow Glen Road. Mostly sunny (10% cumulus), 74 F (23.3 C), dew point 40 F (4.4 C). More...
2017-04-13 05:00:00 43.8876041 -78.8119769 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 Donald Davis From Jim Ellis of City of Oshawa, Ontario - north shore of Lake Ontario just east of Toronto: American Painted Lady - first butterfly on Downview Cres[cent] in Oshawa in 2017! Oshawa home to massive General Motors plants. More...
2016-03-15 15:47:00 30.6674108 -97.709485500003 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 20 marillionjade24 Located below Lake Georgetown dam, entire trail area, American Lady and Red Admirals, literally everywhere, on the dewberry primarily. More...
2013-11-19 06:00:00 30.553872 -98.260313 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa American Lady, Vanessa virginiensis, near Max Starcke Dam, Marble Falls, Burnet Co., Texas, 19 November 2013. Location precision: within a 5m radius. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/462382 More...
2015-06-20 05:00:00 34.2177 -94.81880000000001 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Forest Road 51000 near Bethel, Oklahoma. Location precision: within a 100m radius. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1651850 More...
2015-04-23 16:03:00 30.0096286 -99.1218524 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 Ginny Saw this american lady after 11:03 -- did not record the precise time we saw it. More...
2016-06-18 22:22:00 37.96055759 -122.59880090000001 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Fairfax, California, 94930. Location precision: within a 6.394 km radius. Observed by laceypantalones, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3481498 More...
2017-04-10 05:00:00 42.751155636146 -81.198665969342 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 2 180.0 mariposa [Posted by James Holdsworth on the Ontario Butterflies group; forwarded by David Kaposi] Finally had a decent day on some private property in Lyndale, just south of St. Thomas. The site had recent tree cutting and many leps were nectaring on the oozing stumps. More...
2010-09-29 05:00:00 44.66773849007845 -70.15348057534493 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 4 mariposa Farmington, Maine.  Prescott fields - off High Street in Farmington. Habitat: University sports fields. These fields are frequently mown, though one field is not and is dominated by milkweed. Sandy River runs along one side of the park and town roads run along the other. More...
2019-06-01 16:56:00 40.01326072 -105.3154234 American lady 1 mariposa some tailed swallowtail and a black swallowtail drifted down-trail through here but... More...

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