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
2010-05-06 18:40:00 40.8429 -72.5727 Red admiral 2 archive I am writing to report an individual of this species which has performing a looping circular flight at dusk in an area right outside our kitchen window for the past three days. More...
2015-07-10 20:03:00 40.81225017359 -72.573366162254 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 100 0.0 0.0 6 Davebermd <p>Large numbers of Red admirals coming inland off the ocean!!</p> More...
2012-04-16 05:00:00 45.35311031307 -72.637825009372 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 100 mariposa Caroline Bisson, Granby, Quebec, eastern border near Bromont and Shefford., ca. 45.350 N, 72.637 W. Bonjour, depuis lundi nous sommes envahie de papillons vulcains, plusieurs dizaines ! J'habite au limite de Granby, près de Bromont et de Shefford. More...
2002-04-22 12:00:00 41.28 -72.68 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 2 archive No description. More...
2010-06-29 12:00:00 42.399 -72.702 Red admiral 1 archive Hi Folks: This morning Barbara Volkle, Steve Moore, Sue and Ron Cloutier, Frank Model and myself spent several hours butterflying on the Graves Farm--Mass. Audubon property in Williamsburg. We listed the following: 11. Red Admiral 1; 12. American Lady 2; 17. Monarch 5. More...
2010-06-29 12:00:00 42.399 -72.702 American lady 2 archive Hi Folks: This morning Barbara Volkle, Steve Moore, Sue and Ron Cloutier, Frank Model and myself spent several hours butterflying on the Graves Farm--Mass. Audubon property in Williamsburg. We listed the following: 11. Red Admiral 1; 12. American Lady 2; 17. Monarch 5. More...
2002-06-05 12:00:00 45.4 -72.73 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive "Once in early June, another later in July, several larvae propagating." More...
2002-05-05 12:00:00 45.4 -72.73 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 1 archive No description. More...
2012-05-29 05:00:00 45.4032289 -72.7340662 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 100 Donald Davis (Dave Clermont, Granby, Quebec) I may have seen one [Monarch] about 3 days ago at my farm, but I'm not 100% convinced... More...
2017-08-08 08:08:00 41.53942188245 -72.796783444351 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area, Specimen Record 1 berniecs No description. More...
2010-05-19 12:00:00 44.34 -73.1 Red admiral 3 archive Hello (Dr. Bitzer?), I have been observing what I think is an unusual number of red admiral butterflies this year (more than I can remember since decades, if ever). More...
2019-05-08 18:01:00 43.81464625 -73.12104821000003 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 3 0 mariposa Hollow Rd, Rutland County, Vermont. Location precision: within a 244m radius. Observed by susanelliott, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/24799639 More...
1985-05-11 14:30:00 44.478 -73.197 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 20 22.5 315.0 archive Dear Dr. Bitzer, I found my notes of V. atalanta rubria migration (i had thought it was something else so i'm glad i found the notes!) of May 11, 1985, near Burlington, Vt. Fairly detailed notes. They were flying from at least 2:30 to after 5 pm, at which point i took 20 compass readings. More...
2003-04-27 12:00:00 43.26 -73.22 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive No description. More...
2002-04-17 12:00:00 43.26 -73.22 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive No description. More...
2003-05-30 12:00:00 43.26 -73.22 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 archive No description. More...
2017-09-17 16:00:00 45.653609198637 -73.231376558176 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1 Nicole Richer A great migration of hundreds of Painted Lady. They stayed for a few days, then left on Monday. Only a few are still present in the soya field nearby. More...
2010-05-06 12:00:00 45.857 -73.239 Painted lady 0 archive May 6: Tens of Vanessa atalanta observed at Contrecoeur today and Vanessa cardui some. I do not know if they happened a long time I'm not going into the woods for at least 10 days. Good day, dave0024 More...
2010-05-06 12:00:00 45.86 -73.24 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 40 archive May 6: Tens of Vanessa atalanta observed at Contrecoeur today and Vanessa cardui some. I do not know if they happened a long time I'm not going into the woods for at least 10 days. Good day. dave0024 More...
2002-03-09 12:00:00 40.91 -73.27 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive Observer: O. Blanchard. More...
2010-05-03 12:00:00 45.45 -73.28 Red admiral 3 archive I saw five red amiral in all yesterday and today, second and third day of may,2010. More...
2010-05-02 12:00:00 45.45 -73.28 Red admiral 2 archive I saw five red amiral in all yesterday and today, second and third day of may,2010. More...
2007-05-30 12:00:00 45.45 -73.28 Red admiral 2 archive I caught two on my nettle and I have put them in the aviary. in five days I should start collecting rolled up nettle leaves concealing red admiral larvae. René in Chambly, Quebec. More...
2010-05-16 19:00:00 40.82015 -73.40251 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive Sighting was today, May 16th, around 7pm. It was about 70 degrees, clear, calm, and sunny. More...
2010-07-03 09:00:00 41.3543 -73.4102 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive Dear Vanessa Migration Project, We spotted a red admiral butterfly at our home just now, roughly 9 am Eastern Time, July 3, 2010. We live at the address below. Very beautiful. It flew away before we were able to photograph it. Good luck with your tracking! More...
2017-09-16 05:00:00 44.757034 -73.41313400000001 Painted lady First butterfly of the season, Presence of butterfly in your area 100 0 mariposa Beekmantown, New York. There were 100s of painted ladies around my yard over the weekend! They were going after a wide variety of flowers including asters, gomphrena, cosmos, zinnias, petunias and sedum. Clear, humid, 80 F. Observation by millefiori, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. More...
2017-09-16 05:00:00 44.756994880061 -73.413909900548 Painted lady First butterfly of the season, Presence of butterfly in your area 100 3 mariposa [Observed by millefiori on the Vanessa Migration Project page on iNaturalist] There were 100s of painted ladies around my yard over the weekend! They were going after a wide variety of flowers including asters, gomphrena, cosmos, zinnias, petunias and sedum. Clear, humid, 80 F. More...
2017-09-10 20:00:00 45.515008228197 -73.471411356169 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 30 90.0 247.5 12 heidi k I said migrating, since I've never seen these butterflies around here until I saw 2 or 3 a couple of days ago. Then today I saw at least 30 collecting nectar in my sedum flowers this afternoon. Wonderful! It was a warm day, about 20 degrees Celsius. More...
2010-05-03 12:00:00 45.65 -73.51 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 20 90.0 archive Since Sunday, the migration is increasing day by day. Monday was just 1hr of observation, over 20 observed specimens dinner at Pointe aux Trembles. Tuesday, more, near 50 at dinner and supper. All in an easterly direction at a brisk pace. More...
2010-05-04 12:00:00 45.653 -73.511 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 50 90.0 archive Since Sunday, the migration is increasing day by day. Monday was just 1hr of observation, over 20 observed specimens dinner at Pointe aux Trembles. Tuesday, more, near 50 at dinner and supper. All in an easterly direction at a brisk pace. 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...
2002-05-04 12:00:00 41.3 -73.53 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 0 archive No description. More...
2002-11-10 12:00:00 41.3 -73.53 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 0 archive No description. More...
2010-05-03 12:00:00 45.509 -73.554 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 20 archive Since Sunday, the migration is increasing day by day. Monday was just 1hr of observation, over 20 observed specimens dinner at Pointe aux Trembles. Tuesday, more, near 50 at dinner and supper. All in an easterly direction at a brisk pace. More...
2017-09-27 05:00:00 45.560451878119 -73.558874270935 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 200 Donald Davis Yesterday Max Larrivee counted 11 monarchs and 200 painted ladies primarily in the tropical milkweed area of the Botanical Gardens adjacent to the Insectarium in Montreal. Reported to e-butterfly.org. [Accuracy: 250 m radius] More...
2019-10-15 18:35:00 45.55790112586828 -73.56344770793783 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 20 0 Donald Davis Jardin Botanique, Montréal, Québec H1X 2B6, Canada. Location precision: estimated within a 25m radius. Reported by Maxim Larrivée. More...
2013-06-02 17:30:00 41.2440106 -73.5888575 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 180.0 14 Donald Davis (Karlo and Alison Mirth) Ward Pound Ridge, Westchester Co., New York. We saw a nice variety of butterflies today at Ward Pound Ridge, Westchester County, NY, between 10:30 AM - 2:30 PM, including an early Appalachian Brown (photographed). Red Admiral (1); Monarch (1) [ca. 41.24401 N, 73.58886 W]. More...
2009-05-09 12:00:00 41.25 -73.59 American lady 2 archive Observer: H. Zirlin. More...
2006-05-27 12:00:00 41.25 -73.59 Red admiral 0 archive Observer: H. Zirlin. USGS Pound Ridge (NY,CT) Topo Map. More...
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...
2011-04-25 05:00:00 40.63 -73.63 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 0 mariposa Glen Cove, New York 11542. First sighting of V. atalanta, observed by Millie Hendricks. Location precision: estimated within a 2 km radius. More...
2010-05-17 12:00:00 45.7223 -73.63621 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 72 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...
2007-07-02 09:30:00 40.66339 -73.63683 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 36 0.0 archive Rockville Centre, Long Island, New York, ZIP code, 11570, Nassau County. Latitude 40.663390 N, Longitude 73.636831 W. Flight direction, North (towards the North shore of Long Island), 24-36 butterflies or more observed between 9:00 A.M and 10:00 A.M. Eastern Daylight time. More...
2010-05-05 12:00:00 45.7433 -73.6403 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 250 archive ....And finally today, in a golf course Mascouche, I observed at least 250 to 300 Vanessa during the game. Since Sunday, 20 females are likely to stop laying eggs in my nettle, and these are only ones I could see the opportunity. My plants are being destroyed .... A veritable explosion of Vulcan. More...
2009-05-06 12:00:00 41.1207 -73.7197 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 1 archive After a rainy and cool several days, a bit of sun, with temperatures in the low-mid 60's brought a nice variety of butterflies to the ridge along the Palisades, at Hook Mt., Rockland County (just north of Nyack, on the Hudson). More...
2010-05-03 18:00:00 45.58 -73.74 Red admiral 0 archive May 3: Note from Monday, May 3 in Laval ... Full of Vulcan, I noticed especially after dinner (after work) very active from 18h to 20h 30 (probably before too). Somewhat distracting when you do the dishes! A little surprised to see these butterflies fly, so at sunset. More...
2002-03-28 12:00:00 41.16 -73.76 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive No description. More...
2017-09-21 14:10:00 45.6040568 -73.7975322 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 10 andrep No description. More...
2017-09-16 20:10:00 45.6040568 -73.7975322 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 7 andrep Seen on Hylotelephium spectabile. Note that their are so many Painted Ladies in the Montreal area that in the daily newspaper, there was an article about their migration (http://plus.lapresse.ca/screens/363bab0b-5949-4492-a055-1d540081042d%7C_0.html). More...
2017-07-25 18:30:00 45.6040568 -73.7975322 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 1 andrep No description. More...

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