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 Observedsort descending Flight Direction (Degrees) Wind Direction (Degrees) Wind Speed Observed By Description/Notes
2003-09-20 12:00:00 41.66 -92.01 Painted lady 0 archive Iowa County, 52361 More...
2003-10-06 12:00:00 40.02 -82.88 Painted lady 0 archive No description. More...
2005-04-05 12:00:00 38.99 -119.16 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 archive Observer: Shirley Warren. I have seen the monarchs [probably Painted Ladies] 3 times, the first outside Yerington, NV, the second going south out of Fernley, NV, and the third in my front yard swarming around the mock plum trees in Sparks, NV. This was between April 5 and April 10th. More...
2001-05-25 12:00:00 43.97 -75.92 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 0 0.0 archive On a road trip from Austin TX to Mt Tremblant Quebec, a concentration of *V. atalanta* was encountered 25 May between Syracuse NY and Watertown NY between Lake Ontario and the Adirondacks. About three were in view at all times at a road stop and on the highway, all with direct northward flight. More...
2001-03-21 12:00:00 38.97 -95.24 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 0 archive First Red Admirals spotted on March 21. More...
2007-06-03 12:00:00 49.4819 -88.1275 American lady 0 archive Dr. More...
2003-04-05 12:00:00 36.8253 -119.7019 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 0 archive Fresno County 93611 More...
2002-04-12 12:00:00 42.02 -93.65 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 0 archive No description. More...
2003-09-28 12:00:00 39.52 -84.4 Painted lady 0 archive Middletown, OH 45044 More...
2007-05-11 12:00:00 45.2261 -75.6842 Red admiral 0 archive Christina Lewis wrote: Hi Don, 1st Ottawa-area report of Ruby-throated Hummingbird was on 11 May in Manotick, ON (Dave Sangster). No Monarchs here yet, but several Red Admirals were seen last week. I'll be sure to let you know when the 1st Monarch is reported! Cheers, Chris More...
2001-04-23 12:00:00 33.55 -117.2 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 315.0 archive Observer: Chris Hyatt. More...
2007-06-04 12:00:00 43.177 -89.795 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 0 archive For the past two weeks [as of June 24th], we have had a major group of the Red Admiral Butterflies settling in our area. Thousands upon thousands have been flying everywhere along our highways and neighborhoods. I have never seen this before. More...
2010-05-01 12:00:00 35.94 -78.58 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 0 archive Observer: Matthew Daw. Hi all, I did a pretty extensive run of Falls dam and the Neuse River Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. I came up with a quite different list then I did last Friday. This morning, there were alot of Cloudywings around... More...
2003-03-10 12:00:00 28.5742 -81.3344 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 0 archive Zip code 32792 More...
2010-05-03 12:00:00 43.332 -79.9 Red admiral 0 archive John Marshall of Waterdown, Ontario (near Hamilton) reported seeing a "flock" of red admirals on April 30. Harry Hewick of Waterdown also reported good numbers there on May 3rd. More...
2002-04-19 12:00:00 43.0333 -82.25 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 0 archive No description. More...
2006-01-17 12:00:00 33.665 -117.854 Painted lady 0 archive No description. More...
2003-09-13 12:00:00 43.31 -91.78 Painted lady 0 archive No description. More...
2003-09-15 12:00:00 43.55 -96.7 Painted lady 0 archive No description. More...
2005-04-01 14:00:00 38.28543 -122.50149 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 0.0 archive Beginning at about 2 pm today, April 1, 2005, large numbers of Painted Ladies (positive ID) were observed flying over our property 1.5 miles west of Sonoma, CA. The direction is only a degree or two off true North/South. More...
2003-09-16 12:00:00 41.91 -88.31 Painted lady 0 archive No description. More...
2005-03-30 12:00:00 38.4452 -121.2849 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 archive Observer: Robert Trent. More...
2001-04-15 12:00:00 35.38 -119.01 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 archive Observer: Terry Hogan More...
2003-08-30 12:00:00 40.2251 -90.0112 Painted lady 0 archive Observers: R. and R. Bell. More...
2009-03-13 12:00:00 34.88 -117.11 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 0.0 archive I was just out in Mohave California on Friday, March 13, and witnessed quite a healthy northward migration of Western Ladies. The desert was in bloom and green so fits the migration situation mentioned on your website. Saw butterflies from Mohave eastward through the desert to about Lenwood. More...
2002-04-24 12:00:00 41.6578 -81.4102 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 0 315.0 archive No description. More...
2005-12-09 12:00:00 33.67 -117.84 West coast lady 0 archive No description. More...
2003-09-16 12:00:00 42.88 -100.55 Painted lady 0 archive Cherry County, NE More...
2003-09-09 12:00:00 45.06 -92.81 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 0 archive Initial sighting. 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...
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...
2010-04-30 12:00:00 42.31 -85.7453 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 0 0.0 180.0 15 archive Red admirals came into southwest Michigan in good numbers, starting yesterday late afternoon as best as I can determine. More...
2001-04-14 12:00:00 43.78 -79.25 American lady First butterfly of the season 0 archive "Largest invasion recorded" More...
2010-05-05 12:00:00 39.5119 -79.3012 Painted lady 0 archive Many Admirals in Western Maryland after almost none last year. Painted ladies laying eggs today. More...
2002-03-17 12:00:00 32.59 -96.95 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 0 archive No description. More...
2005-06-22 12:00:00 54.45 -110.2 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 archive The Wave of Painted Ladies hit the Cold Lake, Alberta area yesterday afternoon, Jun 21, and has been building through this afternoon. Wonderful to see, but so many ending up as hood ornaments. Ted Hindmarch, Cold Lake, Alberta More...
2010-05-10 12:00:00 38.941 -74.898 Red admiral 0 archive Just returned from a birding trip to Cape May, NJ and saw quite a few Red Admirals and Painted Ladies down there. More...
2001-05-03 12:00:00 49.43 -105.87 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 0 archive Here in southern Saskatchewan, first saw several V. cardui on 3 May. Now there are hordes of them, almost as common as Cabbage Whites. More...
2006-01-01 12:00:00 30.746 47.096544 Red admiral 0 archive Point 1 More...
2003-07-17 12:00:00 39.7692 -84.0053 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 0 archive No description. More...
2007-03-04 13:30:00 33.8881 -177.8851 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 0 archive First time I haven't seen one in a little while. More...
2003-08-01 12:00:00 37.9445 -87.4053 Painted lady 0 archive Present from ca. late July up to at least September 27. More...
2005-03-19 13:30:00 34.249 -118.478 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 archive 0 butterflies observed between 13:30 and 13:35 PST More...
2005-06-05 12:00:00 38.4937 -122.2666 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 315.0 archive Observer: Janine Dickenson. I observed an interesting sight last Sunday. As we were sitting outside in the morning enjoying the beautiful day, I noticed a "flock" of butterflies fly quickly over our house. More...
2010-06-25 12:00:00 41.268 -70.093 Red admiral 0 archive Hi, all, finally had my first Monarchs today, about a half-dozen at various places in Edgartown. Also my first Baltimore, at Katama. The Red Admiral migration is heating up again: between 6:30 and 9:00, while surveying for grasshopper sparrows at Katama, I saw about 200 of them. More...
2001-07-07 12:00:00 49.65 -103.85 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 0 archive No description. More...
2010-03-12 12:00:00 26.126 -97.952 Red admiral 0 archive Observers: S. and K. Heeter. More...
2007-06-08 12:00:00 43.64 -79.46 American lady 0 archive This afternoon, June 8, I had a Common Buckeye at the south end of High Park in the west end of Toronto, likely blown in by the strong southerlies today. Orange Sulphurs numbers are also increasing. I had a dozen in the park. More...
2003-04-23 12:00:00 44.15 -87.57 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 0 archive No description. More...
2005-03-14 12:00:00 34.235 -111.326 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 0.0 archive I'll give you a quick update. Actually, the following is a quick overview of my Painted Lady sightings this year, beginning with sightings in central Arizona (we winter in Payson) and then come back to north-central Colorado in early April. Payson AZ: 1st sighting was on Feb 25th. More...

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