Butterfly Observations

E.g., Friday, April 19, 2024
E.g., Friday, April 19, 2024
E.g., Friday, April 19, 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
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...
2005-03-27 12:00:00 33.74 -117.66 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 200 0.0 archive For the past 2 days (03/26-03/27/05) we have witnessed hundreds of Painted Lady Butterfly traveling Northbound through Foothill Ranch, CA. Any idea where they are heading? They seem to often be in pairs too. Thank you. Stepan & Melody More...
2008-07-20 13:20:00 43.67 -84.38 American lady 1 archive No description. 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...
2007-01-07 15:10:00 34.403 -119.699 Red admiral 1 archive Shoreline Drive near West Beach. One individual flew out of a flower bed to the northwest. More...
2016-12-06 17:53:00 26.128691784881 -80.363101956014 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 badewitt Seen perched on Cromolaena, Jack in the bush in Markham Park, Broward Co. FL More...
2020-01-01 23:10:00 31.75847188 -110.8446103 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Pima County, Arizona, USA. Location precision: within an 8m radius. Observed by mccreedy, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37218770 More...
2002-04-16 12:00:00 41.65 -81.41 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 0 archive No description. More...
2015-04-30 15:48:00 47.32918110414 -122.32380508894 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 2 randimal Sunning in the backyard. One Painted Lady also present. More...
2019-04-08 19:00:00 42.0378703 -82.7396377 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 0 Donald Davis Kingsville, Ontario, Canada. Location precision: estimated within a 2 km radius. Kingsville is not far from Leamington, Ontario and Point Pelee National Park in extreme southwest Ontario. More...
2003-04-07 12:00:00 37.2 -118.25 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 292.5 archive No description. More...
2010-05-15 12:00:00 46.878 -71.283 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 100 archive May 17: Throughout the weekend [includes May 15] and today, dozens of individuals in Charlesbourg. SuperFred More...
2016-01-22 20:30:00 36.157453 -115.42627199999998 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Calico Basin, Las Vegas, Nevada. Location precision: not recorded. Observed by lonnyholmes, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2610797 More...
2005-03-27 13:00:00 32.44 -117.09 Painted lady 100 archive non migrating individuals More...
2009-03-29 14:26:00 37.429 -121.804 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1 270.0 5 archive Pacific Daylight time. Open grassy slope. Breeze variable from 0 to 10 mph, out of the west to northwest. 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...
2005-11-04 12:00:00 33.8881 -117.8851 West coast lady 0 archive No description. More...
2017-04-13 21:30:00 42.032655787028 -91.693520168362 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 2 dohde1 Two red admirals chasing each other in our backyard. More...
2001-02-08 12:00:00 28.0332 -82.7812 Red admiral 3 archive Observer: T. Adams. 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...
2003-09-15 12:00:00 41.6619 -86.1586 Painted lady 0 archive No description. More...
2010-05-28 10:55:00 43.04095 -76.406944 Red admiral 1 archive In contrast to the butterflies I had seen in the last few weeks, this one was just fluttering around the yard with no apparent destination. More...
2015-04-09 20:03:00 36.135084 -115.43138899999997 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Beautiful Butterfly in full display of closed wings. Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Clark County, Nevada. Location precision: not recorded. Observed by lonnyholmes, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1382899 More...
2009-03-18 12:00:00 31.48 -110.33 Painted lady 6 archive Observers: B. Parks, P. Sullivan, H. Brodkin More...
2017-09-09 16:30:00 40.76249578 -95.38287732000003 Painted lady Migrating individual(s), Presence of butterfly in your area 60 180.0 0 mariposa I supported a friend running the Wabash Trace Nature Trail Marathon which started at 8AM in Malvern IA. I drove and stopped every 4-5 miles, all gravel roads in between Malvern to Shenandoah through Imogene. More...
2007-04-20 12:00:00 29.5 -98.45 Red admiral 60 archive Seeing lots (6 or more per large nectaring bush) this week in San Antonio, Texas. 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...
2003-07-10 12:00:00 55.067 -82.25 Painted lady 1 archive Collector: M. J. Oldham. Cape Henrietta Maria (just south of actual cape), NW James Bay near Hudson Bay, Polar Bear Prov. Park. Gravel beach ridge. More...
2019-04-20 17:23:00 40.0148265 -105.2967089 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 4 0 mariposa Boulder County, Colorado. Location precision: within a 58m radius. Temperature 75 F, light winds. Observed by roomthily, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/22787596 More...
2003-09-18 12:00:00 44.78 -88.61 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 0 archive Initial arrival? More...
2010-05-30 12:00:00 45.99 -64.57 Red admiral 1 archive I am still a beginner on butterflies, but I did notice a Red Admiral stopping on my Mountain Ash flower this afternoon. Yolande, Memramcook More...
2014-12-22 19:37:00 36.144856 -115.42061999999999 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 3 0 mariposa One of several feeding at Red Spring, Calico Basin, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada. Location precision: not recorded. Observed by lonnyholmes, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1144085 More...
2005-04-04 09:30:00 34.9507 -120.4313 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 archive No more individuals noted since yesterday. More...
2009-05-03 12:00:00 43.177 -90.595 American lady 1 archive Observers: M. Reese, D. Reese. More...
2017-09-27 00:11:00 41.24763958 -96.17405874999997 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa The temperature went from a high of 88F on Sunday to rainy, cold (65F) and wet Monday. It was about 60F tonight (Tuesday) when I saw this one painted lady on the blanket flower. Many bumble bees and flies are resting on the flowers, too cold to move. More...
2007-04-28 08:00:00 33.9137 -98.4933 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 5 0.0 archive location: Wichita Falls, TX postal zip: 76301 sighting: April 28, 2007 time: between 8 am -- 8:30 am CDT migrating individuals; 5 moving north More...
2017-04-12 05:00:00 43.027274995333 -89.343079153168 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 6 mariposa [Tod Highsmith, Wisconsin Butterflies] Capital Springs State Recreation Area - Lake Farm County Park Unit, Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin. More...
2023-06-22 16:30:00 53.397222 -113.819444 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1 0 Don Delaney 4 Observed one Painted Lady At the Wagner Natural Area west of Edmonton. More...
2006-04-15 12:00:00 39.0841 -77.4548 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 0 archive Nearest town: Poolesville, MD. Exact location: Potomac River/C&O Canal Towpath (generally a good migration corridor for both neotropical birds and migratory butterflies), 2 miles north of Sycamore Landing Road. One very worn red admiral was seen basking on the towpath. More...
2010-06-03 12:00:00 49.70861 -97.19657 Painted lady 0 archive Howdy, Yes, Painted Ladies were in the same location at the same time. I’ve seen Painted Ladies up as far north as Arborg, MB (about 80 km north of Winnipeg) but there were no Red Admirals at that location. There was a subtle difference in location in the areas though. More...
2010-04-03 05:00:00 30.19289642 -97.61182487000002 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta. On mustard plant. Southeast Metro Park, Travis Co., Texas, 3 April 2010. Location precision: not recorded. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/197338 More...
2005-03-31 12:00:00 33.0681 -117.3034 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1000 archive another flock,herd,cluster, what ever, on the 31st and 1st. lots fewer, but still thousands. again from the beach to about 1 mile inland. have a happy day. trish More...
2017-08-17 19:43:00 36.2739425 -115.62872170000003 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Painted Lady Butterfly, Mt. Charleston, Nevada. Observation by lonnyholmes, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7587281 . Location precision: 13m. More...
2007-04-15 12:00:00 31.54 -110.375 American lady 1 archive Garden Canyon and Huachuca Canyon, Huachuca Mountains, Cochise Co., Arizona. Observer: J. Snyder More...
2017-07-20 18:36:00 39.318362808994 -120.43363093796 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 968 225.0 rmedak About 300 butterflies per hour flying from northeast to southwest direction. More...
2005-05-31 12:00:00 37.8717 -122.067 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 500 225.0 archive Anonymous. I live in Walnut Creek, California, due northeast of San Francisco. Today, we saw hundreds of monarchs flying through our backyard, 5-10 at a time all day. We have lived here for some time and have never seen this type of migration. More...
2019-05-06 15:43:00 36.15818863 -115.426625 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 2 0 mariposa Clark County, Nevada. Location precision: within a 12m radius. Temperature, 73 F, wind speed, calm. Observed by lonnyholmes, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/24751354 More...
2005-04-12 12:00:00 36.175 -115.14 Painted lady 60 archive Observer: S. Potter. More...
2010-01-26 13:00:00 30.20794 -98.10352 Red admiral 5 archive Plant: Mayer Lemon. Species: red admiral, painted lady. 4-8 of each species. Butterflies were feeding on the plant throughout the day. Pictures were taken about 1:00 p.m. Images: http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/576501786YfziyA More...
2017-05-26 00:31:00 35.0014806 -106.76052629999998 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 10 0 mariposa Albuquerque, New Mexico. There have been many Painted Lady butterflies in the neighborhood for days. [They were] briefly landing on flowers, circling with other Painted Ladies in the air. Warm, high 70's. Few clouds. Location precision: not recorded (& coordinates obscured). More...

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