Butterfly Observations

E.g., Thursday, March 28, 2024
E.g., Thursday, March 28, 2024
E.g., Thursday, March 28, 2024
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Date and Time Latitude Longitude Species Type Number Observed Flight Direction (Degrees)sort descending Wind Direction (Degrees) Wind Speed Observed By Description/Notes
2007-05-03 15:00:00 43.75 -81 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 270.0 10 archive 1 female ovipositing on Pearly Everlasting More...
2017-04-28 16:00:00 35.872661416781 -78.764455847224 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 12 mariposa [Harry LeGrand, Carolinaleps, Umstead State Park, Raleigh, North Carolina.] I spent about 1.5 hours this morning working the Big Lake powerline clearing for butterflies. More...
2023-06-25 18:40:00 53.397222 -112.987222 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 Don Delaney 4 Near the hamlet of Warspite Alberta More...
2006-04-03 12:00:00 30.6335 -92.0004 Painted lady 1 archive Observer: C. Marks. Coordinates are located at the centroid of St. Landry Parish. USGS Beggs Quad. More...
2014-06-15 22:17:00 33.7423964 -118.1044572 Painted lady 2 Bud Foshee nectaring More...
2019-04-24 00:01:00 42.024394 -93.64270599999998 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 78 135.0 9 mariposa Iowa State University campus, Ames, Iowa. Location precision: within a 4m radius. One occupant occupying a sidewalk territory on the east side of campus. Survey from 4:50 to 7:16 p.m. CDT. 64 F, 70% cirrus and cirrostratus; clouds thicker to the west. More...
2001-06-08 10:00:00 51.3083 -110.95 Red admiral 1 6 archive 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. More...
2010-06-17 12:00:00 36.31 -77.8 Red admiral 1 archive My work today was in a bland NC Wildlife Resources Commission game land a few miles northeast of Medoc Mountain SP, just in the Piedmont of Halifax County. Here is what I had on a hot, sunny, and low-humidity day (June 17).... Red Admiral 1, American Lady 2.... Harry LeGrand More...
2010-12-11 06:00:00 26.177932 -98.36600299999998 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta, NABA Butterfly Park, Mission, Hidalgo Co., Texas, 11 December 2010. Location precision: within a 100m radius. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/643749 More...
2005-04-09 14:00:00 42.05 -87.85 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 67.5 9 archive Flight direction: circular, no specfic direction. Observed between 2 pm and 3:10 pm CDT More...
2009-06-13 13:30:00 42.432 -120.283 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 180.0 archive Species: Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta). Location: 51791 Hwy 31; Summer Lake, OR 97640 (Actually, across the highway and uphill [west] from this address.) Date: June 13, 2008. Type of sighting: 1st of season. Other info: time about 1:30 pm. More...
2017-08-21 17:55:00 40.305724 -96.54320899999999 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 12 180.0 10 mariposa East Juniper Road, Filley, Nebraska. During the solar eclipse, in the last 5-10 minutes before totality, we saw about a dozen Painted Ladies flying south over the nearby soybean field. One dead one was found nearby. Mostly cloudy, sun 98% obscured, 77 F/25 C. More...
2007-04-19 12:00:00 28.646 -82.341 American lady 20 archive Observer: P. Haywood More...
2017-08-24 14:43:00 38.309015858365 -123.05923461455 Red admiral 1 Lisahug No description. More...
2005-06-08 12:00:00 37.7163 -122.1642 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 30 archive Observer: Joni Figueroa. At least 30 appeared. They are still here 06/12/05, all over my backyard, around the butterfly bushes, of which I have many and on the hydrangeas. It's a glorious sight! More...
2013-07-30 05:00:00 43.7331517 -79.3604481 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 2 225.0 7 Donald Davis (Howard Herscovitch) I spent an hour in Edwards Gardens [Toronto] Tuesday afternoon [July 30] and finally saw my first monarch away from the lakeshore (managed one photo that showed it was a male). More...
2019-05-09 14:17:00 36.06214175 -115.44213200000002 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 2 0 mariposa Clark County, California. Location precision: within a 5m radius. 68 degrees, calm, light rain this am. Observed by lonnyholmes, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/24844938 More...
2001-06-18 12:00:00 53.5667 -115.55 Painted lady 3 315.0 8 archive 12:00 to 4:10 p.m. 3 miles S & 1 mile E. of Nojack (SW corner of S15 T53 R11 W5). More...
2010-07-08 12:00:00 42.63751 -82.88903 Red admiral 1 archive Macomb, MI 48044, on butterfly bush. More...
2018-04-15 05:00:00 -23.93859494 30.195270219999998 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Limpopo, Letaba, South Africa. Milling around. Location precision: not recorded (and obscured; within a 30.13 km radius). Observed by ingridliving, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/16169569 More...
2010-01-26 13:00:00 30.20794 -98.10352 Painted lady 1 archive Plant: Meyer Lemon. 4-8 of each butterfly species. Butterflies were feeding on the plant throughout the day. Pictures were taken about 1:00 p.m. More...
2017-05-28 20:25:00 38.1229004 -122.47395519999998 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Shore of San Pablo Bay, Sonoma County, California. Location precision: 61m radius. Observation by kestrel, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6408312 More...
2003-09-20 12:00:00 42.3493 -86.0125 Painted lady 3 archive No description. More...
2007-06-16 11:00:00 43.35 -84.64 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 270.0 2 archive No description. More...
2017-09-11 18:00:00 33.7657792 -118.0417605 Painted lady 6 Bud Foshee Nectaring. More...
2003-10-12 12:00:00 39.0052 -77.7937 American lady 0 0 archive After what has been a disappointing season for monarchs in our area of northern Virginia, Sunday, October 12, was a bonanza. Our home and gardens are 6 miles east of the Blue Ridge in western Loudoun County, Virginia. More...
2012-03-23 19:00:00 42.027390677853 -93.664340436593 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 180.0 mariposa First red admiral of the season. Spotted by Jamile Carter. More...
2019-05-16 05:00:00 43.996591 -77.71920499999999 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 48 0 Donald Davis Wow! Karen Anderson reported from Presqu'ile Provincial Park on May 16th: "Finally my first Painted Lady of 2019 - May 16 2019 at Presqu'ile Provincial Park. Also saw 21 American Lady Butterflies and 48 Red Admirals." [Location precision: within a 3 km radius] More...
2005-11-12 12:00:00 27.62 -81.08 Red admiral 1 archive Observers: B. and L. Cooper, D. and M. Cutler, B. Bindschadler. More...
2012-04-17 18:00:00 45.72545 -64.6704009 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 Donald Davis John Klymko, April 18, 2012: I got a good response to my request for Red Admiral records from yesterday - thank you everyone who posted records so far. More...
2005-06-01 16:30:00 44.52 -69 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 225.0 10 archive Relatively small individual noted to be slowly circling and occasionally alighting on the ground on a gravel driveway off a gravel road without any definite direction of flight. More...
2010-04-19 12:00:00 42.6176 -90.703 Red admiral 2 archive 2 on 4/19/10 at Mud Lake Park, Dubuque County. More...
2017-04-23 20:17:00 39.59116214 -121.547842 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Butte County, California. Location precision: 61m radius. Observation by kestrel, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5932852 More...
2004-07-09 12:00:00 43.16 -77.62 Red admiral 2 archive Two individuals. Wings very bright; one observed sunning -- perhaps newly emerged? More...
2007-04-28 12:00:00 41.75 -91.5 American lady 6 archive I saw the following today around Johnson County [editor: point selected, northern Johnson Co., south of Solon and Lake McBride (41.7505 N, -91.5007 W; GNIS database interactive with Google Map)]. Seems like the Red Admirals have arrived in good numbers. More...
2017-09-20 17:05:00 46.3164079 -74.2159221 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 40 andrep Flying from flower to flower. More...
2001-04-25 12:00:00 30.27 -97.74 Red admiral 0 archive *Vanessa atalanta rubria* are perhaps our most frequently encountered butterfly today and for the past two weeks or more. Most males are defending perches in woods-edge sites. There is no apparent directional movement although they may be dispersing in all directions. More...
2012-06-15 05:00:00 53.1841527 -99.267850899997 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 Donald Davis I believe Grand Rapids, Manitoba, is way north of Winnipeg on the west side of Lake Winnipeg - very north! Posted to the ManitobaNatureTalk group: (Peter Taylor).....Last week I spent several days birding in the Grand Rapids area. More...
2019-09-03 05:00:00 46.74160300029037 -53.36678604042669 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 2 0 mariposa Aidens Lane, Trepassey, Newfoundland, Canada. Observed by Jeff Harrison, nf.insects Newsgroup. Location precision: estimated within a 120m radius. More...
2012-09-19 23:01:00 35.323933102491 -94.29574206858 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 Cliff Ivy Sunny warm. Overgrown field. Painted lady was resting in tall weeds. More...
2019-03-12 22:03:00 35.91422697 -116.5513181 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 4 0 mariposa Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California. Location precision: within a 5m radius. Observed by lonnyholmes, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/21190660 More...
2005-06-12 12:00:00 39.501 -119.8445 Painted lady 500 archive Hundreds and hundreds of Painted Ladies sighted in our garden on Saturday, June 11 through Monday, June 13 with fewer on Tuesday, June 14 and then none seen from Wednesday, June 15 until this morning, June 20. More...
2016-11-14 15:36:00 30.606695 -97.54148832999999 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa 600 Landfill Rd, Hutto, Texas. Location precision: not recorded. Observed by marillionjade24, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4571545 More...
2004-11-25 12:00:00 33.9166 -78.1611 Red admiral 1 archive Observer: S. Pippen. Coordinates are for a location on Long Beach near the shore of Long Bay, USGS Lockwoods Folly Quadrangle. More...
2007-06-02 15:00:00 45.0911 -64.3642 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2007 16:08:10 -0300. A lovely one landed on the bark mulch of a flower bed I was weeding here in Wolfville about an hour ago. It seemed to be in prime condition. More...
2017-09-30 16:20:00 39.9072784 -105.0635293 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 4 natashaviz The Painted Lady butterflies were hanging out on my few remaining blooming flowers: Lemon Queen Sunflowers, Yarrow, Coriopsis, lavender, and nasturtium. More...
2005-03-30 12:00:00 34.6984 -76.8249 Red admiral 1 archive Observer: Randy Newman. THRO [Theodore Roosevelt Natural Area] powerlines at east boundary. USGS Mansfield (NC) Topo Map Quad More...
2019-05-17 17:50:00 41.16829 -95.91922999999997 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 3 157.5 16 mariposa 507 N 3rd St., Bellevue, Nebraska. Location precision: within a 187m radius. It had been raining and went to look at rain gauge and there were 3 red admirals on the alliums and iris. Survey from 12:45 to 1:00 p.m. Temperature, 73 F. More...
2001-04-14 12:00:00 43.78 -79.25 American lady First butterfly of the season 0 archive "Largest invasion recorded" More...
2012-08-28 21:27:00 42.577466805227 -82.805274663721 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 David Gruenawald Found a Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) among vegetation alongside a pond that was surrounded by trees. More...

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