Butterfly Observations

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E.g., Tuesday, April 23, 2024
E.g., Tuesday, April 23, 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
2005-07-01 12:00:00 53.37 -113.73 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 2000 225.0 archive Observer: Terry Thormin. Well another report of Painted Ladies, but with a BIG difference. I have now had three phone calls from people who have seen these butterflies very recently migrating in large numbers. More...
2010-05-16 12:00:00 41.282 -74.525 Red admiral 25 archive Have seen many Red admirals in different locations around Orange County, NY . There were at least 2 dozen in a small area in the Wallkill Wildlife Refuge, located just north of Sussex County, NJ. Thanks, Rick Greenberg More...
2016-04-04 21:04:00 32.63374548 -97.24052948999997 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Tarrant County, Texas. Location precision: within a 29.07 km radius (and coordinates obscured). Observed by picklepastures, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2881689 More...
2005-03-24 12:00:00 34.4802 -114.3458 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1000 315.0 archive Observer: Glenn Skinner. Millions and millions going north/west. Editor's Note: This is a migration of the Painted Lady butterfly.) More...
2009-03-26 12:00:00 37.986 -121.936 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 5000 0.0 archive I OBSERVED YESTERDAY AND TODAY (MARCH 26-27, 2009) IN CONCORD & WALNUT CREEK, CALIFORNIA (ZIP CODES 94521 & 94598) THOUSANDS OF WEST COAST LADY BUTTERFLIES ALL HEADING NORTHWARD FLYING NONSTOP AT VERY FAST RATE OF SPEED, POSSIBLY AROUND 15-20MPH. WHERE DO THEY START THEIR MIGRATION FROM IN More...
2018-05-02 05:00:00 41.747252309289756 -93.82922887802124 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 2 0 mariposa [Contributed by Ty Smedes, Iowa Insects] I’ve been traveling, arrived home on Tuesday, and found 2 Red Admirals in Dallas County, just south of Granger yesterday.. [1.5 miles south of Granger, along Beaver Creek] More...
2006-12-06 12:00:00 26.176 -98.3756 Red admiral 4 archive NABA International Butterfly Park west to the World Birding Center at Bentsen S.P., TX (G. Quintanilla, D. & J. Dauphin, R. & M. Snider, J. Booker, P. Schappert, J. Rivera, J. DeLeon, D. Hanson, and others) More...
2017-03-27 18:00:00 36.7468422 -119.7725868 Red admiral 1 23 MichaelBaun Landed on sidewalk was stationary. High wind. More...
2002-04-12 12:00:00 41.813369 -81.119281 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 0 archive No description. More...
2019-04-25 01:00:00 42.21050183569384 -121.70575147966184 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 83 0.0 0 RonLarson On 4-24-19, my wife and I counted 83 painted ladies flying past us flying in a NW to NE direction over a 45 minute period. Most of them were single butterflies, but about 20% were pairs flying within 1 foot of each other. Most were flying at 4-5 feet in elevation. More...
2003-01-01 12:00:00 26.1481 -97.9208 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 0 archive Winter resident More...
2010-05-17 06:45:00 45.631 -73.519 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 200 90.0 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...
2015-06-16 16:35:00 37.73601167 -122.39525500000002 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa 1801 Palou Ave, San Francisco, California. Location precision: not recorded. Observed by rebeccafay, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1638879 More...
2009-03-29 14:28:00 37.429 -121.804 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1 337.5 5 archive Pacific Daylight time. Open grassy slope. Breeze variable from 0 to 10 mph, out of the west to northwest. More...
2018-09-04 19:20:00 41.1523202 -72.251191 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 0 orientpoint found on butterfly bush More...
2001-10-13 12:00:00 28.14 -82.66 Painted lady 4 archive Yes, cardui is uncommon here in FL. I usually only see a few each year. Our data for the Brooker Creek Counts (4 teams each out for 2-4 hours covering part, but not nearly all of our 8300 acres).... More...
2017-04-15 17:02:00 43.713458 -87.7225962 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 3 colleen827 these were seen with a Red Admiral and stayed near the pachysandra in the yard More...
2006-02-19 12:00:00 28.46 -81.75 Red admiral 2 archive Observers: B. and L. Cooper, B. and L. Atherton, J. Lamey, B. Bindschadler, N. Prine. More...
2019-04-25 05:00:00 34.172044 -116.54700200000002 West coast lady Presence of butterfly in your area 2 0 mariposa Pioneertown Mountains Preserve, SanBernardino County, California, slightly north west of Pioneertown, elevation 4300-5300 feet. [Location estimated within a 2 km radius.] Full sun mid 80s? More...
2003-09-15 12:00:00 40.42 -86.88 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 10 180.0 archive Tippecanoe County. 9-10 migrating south in 30 minutes. More...
2010-05-14 12:00:00 43.76 -79.159 Red admiral 39 archive From: MA King. Hi Donald- Yes, I counted 39, but there were many more than that, I should think. I left East Point Park at 12:30 PM, just when the mist was lifting. I only saw one Am. Lady and 5 Common Sulphur. At home, in Brampton, I have 5 Red Ad. scooting around the backyard. More...
2015-04-18 05:00:00 30.199119 -98.11452400000002 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa A worn and tattered individual. Peabody Place, Dripping Springs, Texas 78620. Location precision: within a 25m radius. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1403594 More...
2005-03-27 12:00:00 34.14 -118.26 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 10000 315.0 archive I first observed the Painted Ladies on Easter Sunday, March 27th, 2005. Approximately 11 am we were driving from Acton, California to Glendale, California and I was amazed at how many of these butterflies were in the air. They seemed to be moving in a North-West direction. More...
2009-04-28 12:00:00 36.38 -79.31 Red admiral 1 archive I covered a different area of Caswell Game Land today (April 28), under sunny and warm conditions. I was mainly in the interior of a forest, along a creek and slopes, mostly looking at plants. But, I was able to walk a dirt road for a bit, and the largest creek had some exposed mud and gravel. More...
2007-04-21 09:00:00 41.175 -95.9086 Red admiral 9 archive We saw the first Red Admiral on April 19th in Fontenelle Forest, Bellevue, Sarpy County, NE. Today, the 21st, there were 9 individuals in the same area from 9 am to 11 am. More...
2017-04-15 05:00:00 41.951091529755 -82.517753354496 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 Donald Davis [Reported by Ellen Smout, Point Pelee National Park, Ontario] On Saturday April 15, 7 great birders joined me for the OFO trip to Point Pelee NP. .... It was a fun trip. We did have Red Admirals, cabbage white and painted Lady. We did not see a Mourning Cloak which I thought we would have. More...
2022-11-05 19:12:00 32.656927 -79.945579 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Observed by Dennis M. Forsythe, CarolinaLeps newsgroup posting. Folly Beach Community Garden, Folly Beach, South Carolina, USA. 2:10 - 2:15 p.m. Latitude 32.656927, Longitude 79.945579, Accuracy: within a 40m radius. More...
2019-04-27 16:55:00 40.0131485 -105.29849730000001 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 0 mariposa Lower Arapahoe, Boulder, Colorado, USA. Location precision: within a 107m radius. Temperature 70 F, calm. Observed by roomthily, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/23494929 More...
2003-09-15 12:00:00 40.0192 -82.8794 Painted lady 0 archive No description. More...
2010-05-24 12:00:00 43.9372 -76.8592 Red admiral 100 archive This one stumped me for a brief while, but Point Traverse is on a peninsula jutting out into Lake Ontario near the renowned Prince Edward Point National Wildlife Area - excellent for birds and monarchs. Latitude 43° 56' 15" Longitude -76° 51' 33". More...
2013-09-02 05:00:00 32.2584 -104.71190000000001 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Last Chance Canyon, near Sitting Bull Falls, Lincoln National Forest, Eddy Co., New Mexico, 2 September 2013. Location precision: within a 50m radius. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/386629 More...
2005-04-05 09:00:00 37.47 -122.12 Painted lady 5 archive Few individuals in holly tree (which is in bloom), presumably stopping to feed during migration More...
2009-04-18 12:00:00 31.55 -87.52 Red admiral 1 archive Observer: H. Zirlin. More...
2017-09-29 19:26:00 41.24811476 -96.17413225999996 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 85 0 mariposa 77 F, sunny More...
2007-04-30 12:00:00 41.95 -86.42 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive A friend reported one in Berrien County, MI on April 30 and another friend on May 1 in Barry County, MI. More...
2017-05-08 15:14:00 38.445388004907 -122.81139850167 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 2 Lisahug No description. More...
2023-11-04 21:15:00 33.887729 -78.436446 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina The blue / purple lantana plantings lining the round-a-bout in front of the pier were swarming with butterflies from 4:00 pm to 4:30 pm today 11/4/23. More...
2005-06-02 12:00:00 39.5811 -118.3353 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 2000 0.0 archive Observer: Jeanine Ford. Thousands of butterflies flying through Fallon, Nevada for past three days. Heading north. Correction to 5/31/05 report of migrating monarchs. After investigating, the butterflies are painted lady butterflies from Imperial Valley in California. Ooops. More...
2015-04-08 22:07:00 33.765807 -118.041778 West coast lady 1 Bud Foshee No particular observation More...
2019-04-24 22:15:00 42.53917283 -99.66005025999999 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Nebraska, US. Location (within 28 km) obscured by request of observer. Mostly sunny. Observed by allysond, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/23748238 More...
2001-07-07 10:00:00 53.675 -112.85 Red admiral 2 0 archive 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. NW corner of S26 T53 R20 W4. More...
2018-05-01 15:33:00 41.93854 -82.51457333000002 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Point Pelee National Park, Leamington, Ontario, Canada. Location precision: not recorded. Observed by dbmcc09, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/12715382 More...
2005-04-01 12:00:00 38.58 -121.49 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 10000 0.0 archive First large migration observed in hills around Sonoma on 4/1/05, and was in progress from here to Sacramento (60 miles east, north east). thousands of individuals moving north over entire landscape. Stopped abruptly with hard winter rain storm on 4/3. More...
2009-09-26 09:30:00 32.44 -104.27 Red admiral 1 5 archive It was making use of the native plant yard. Landed on various trunks, sunned itself on the concrete wall with wings open. Also flew around the rotting apples on apple tree. More...
2017-07-01 22:42:00 47.3211099 -101.3815477 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Stanton, North Dakota 58571, USA. In front of the Coal Country Inn. Observation by megnd, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. Location precision: uncertain. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6879242 More...
2007-05-10 12:00:00 44.585 -77.5 Red admiral 0 archive Leslie McClair wrote: Butterflies seen May 10 -- Spring Azure, Cabbage White, Mustard White, Common Sulphur, Red Admiral, Mourning Cloak, Milbert's Tortoise Shell, Compton Tortoise Shell. Les McClair, Madoc More...
2017-08-31 16:15:00 38.40988569527 -122.82105445403 West coast lady 1 Lisahug No description. More...
2005-04-03 12:00:00 36.9065 -120.1402 Painted lady 2000 archive Observer: Cindy Johnson. Thousands of Monarchs [probably Painted Ladies] near San Joaquin River. More...
2013-06-11 05:00:00 53.407574 -113.7597058 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 24 Donald Davis (Shelley Ryan-Hovind) Devonian Botanic Garden, southwest of Edmonton, Alberta. No signs (of monarchs) at Devonian Botanical Gardden (south of Edmonton) either. However, it was encouraging to find a couple dozen Red Admiral 2nd instar caterpillars on nettles today!!! More...
2019-05-10 18:06:00 35.80978942 -115.96261320000002 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 200 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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