Butterfly Observations

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Date and Time Latitude Longitude Species Type Number Observed Flight Direction (Degrees) Wind Direction (Degrees) Wind Speedsort descending Observed By Description/Notes
2005-07-16 12:00:00 44.37 -122.11 Painted lady 53 archive Browder Ridge, Central Cascades, Linn and Lane Cos., OR (NABA Eugene-Springfield) More...
2010-05-05 12:00:00 44.403 -79.726 Red admiral 2 archive Hi all, This is my first post - I'm so happy to have discovered this list. On May 5th my 99 year old grandmother called me quickly into her bedroom where I thought she was napping. Outside her window is a lilac bush and she had spotted a butterfly feeding. More...
2008-04-14 12:00:00 42.001 -93.658 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 1 archive No description. More...
2017-10-18 16:45:00 40.1329372 -74.4730352 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 3 Barbl Nectaring on zinnias More...
2006-08-22 12:00:00 39.0839 -77.1528 Red admiral 1 archive Butterfly feeding on butterfly bush at dusk. No flight observed. Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland. More...
2016-04-18 05:00:00 46.191865605726 -123.38698143166 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 3 0.0 Robert M. Pyle WA: Wahkiakum Co. Cathlamet and Puget Island on n. shore, Columbia River. T8N R6W several sections. Several V. atalanta seen in light northward movement. More...
41.179753 -95.917833 Red admiral 132 mariposa on weekly survey saw lots of fresh red admirals and many caterpillars More...
2002-04-02 12:00:00 36.14 -87.09 Red admiral 1 archive Observer: R. Venable. More...
2005-04-01 14:00:00 37.85 -122.191 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 200 315.0 archive Apr 1, 2005, 2 PM-3PM, PST migrating NW, wind 10W, clear, 67F estimate 200 butterflies. Basically I was birdwatching but was amazed by all the butterflies! Other birders in Alameda and Contra Costa Co. noted them yesterday. More...
2010-05-12 18:00:00 36.1625 -78.9702 Red admiral 25 archive Folks, Yesterday evening after 6 p.m., Meg and I walked the trails at the Little River Regional Park in Orange County. We saw at least 25-30 Red Admirals and 20-25 Question Marks in the road and along the trails. More...
2005-03-22 12:00:00 30.3711 -97.7517 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 0.0 archive Yesterday, March 22, 2005, was my FOS American Lady. It was in my yard in central Austin, Texas (78731) about four miles north of the Colorado River (the Texas one, of course). It was nectaring and moved through in a generally northerly direction on a bright sunny day around 70 degrees. More...
2001-05-14 19:30:00 35.0815 -83.2954 Red admiral 2 archive I also visited Jones Knob in Macon Co. NC at 4400 + late in the evening the 14th and the only butterflies seen were two V. atalanta (mostly shade and about 65 at 7:30 est.) Most trees there still in bud phase. More...
2016-07-20 22:45:00 42.622949 -82.924262 Red admiral 2 LeAnna Sosnoski... Two butterflies passed through my yard appx. 15-20 seconds apart. Both flew in an ascending helical pattern, but were not together. #1 passed followed by #2 15-20 seconds later. More...
2002-04-16 12:00:00 41.8 -91.69 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 3 archive No description. More...
2015-04-18 13:15:00 30.292645308923 -81.647372118768 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 ascwing No description. More...
2003-03-31 12:00:00 35.95 -93.24 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive Newton County, along Little Buffalo River. More...
2010-05-15 12:00:00 42.33588 -76.49679 Red admiral 8 archive Relatively large numbers of V. atalanta were noted in our yard on May 15th -- the most I've noted in 7 years at this residence (e.g., 8 simultaneously sunning in our gravel driveway). More...
2001-02-04 12:00:00 32.68 -114.62 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 0 archive No description. More...
2010-05-17 12:00:00 42.376 -77.388 Red admiral 0 337.5 archive several seen in the garden and woods, afternoon, sunny, low 60s. In the woods, appear to be flying N/NW. In the garden, often appear to be flying W to NE. More...
2006-09-19 12:00:00 33.6261 -117.8884 Painted lady 0 archive No description. More...
2017-04-09 17:40:00 39.051579124708 -91.187938878619 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 Butterfly Watcher No description. More...
2001-02-25 12:00:00 29.07 -97.33 Red admiral 49 archive Observer: D. Muschalek. More...
2003-09-15 12:00:00 44.84 -93.3 Painted lady 0 archive No description. More...
2010-05-15 12:00:00 39.35605 -77.1888 Red admiral 75 archive Type of sighting: nectaring individuals. This year, we had a Red Admiral (V. atalanta) population boom. I first started seeing them on or around May 13. On May 15, we found about 75 individuals on a power line cut-through in Frederick Co., MD. More...
2005-03-26 11:41:00 34.441 -119.733 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 45 247.5 archive State St. & Las Positas. 11:41-11:46 - 9 per min - heading W-N/W More...
2009-02-23 12:00:00 27.98 -82.75 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive I noted in my backyard observation diary a Red Admiral on February 23, 2009. More...
2005-03-26 13:00:00 37.64 -119.033 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 0.0 archive Incidentally, I went skiing in Mammoth over the weekend and saw Painted Ladies at greater than 9000’ on slopes under 15’ of snow. The migration outside my office window shows now sign of abating. This must be a huge year for you. More...
2017-04-13 05:00:00 43.780100566172 -79.458409161635 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 2 Donald Davis [Reported by Susan Brown, G. Ross Lord Park, North York, Ontario] Today at the park I watched and photographed 2 fresh Red Admirals, and an American Lady. I guess spring is really here! I also found 2 wildflower species. More...
2001-08-20 12:00:00 48.65 -88.32 Red admiral 1 archive Collectors: M. J. Oldham, W. D. Bakowsky, and R. Hartley. Shallow emergent wetland at mouth of small stream entering bay. Shesheeb Bay, Black Bay Peninsula, Lake Superior; Thunder Bay Dist. More...
2003-09-16 12:00:00 43.9 -89.28 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 0 archive First appearance; no direction noted. More...
2010-05-29 12:00:00 46.172 -63.958 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1000 90.0 archive Red Admirals and American Ladies have been invading southern NB in large numbers for weeks but today the migration accelerated here in eastern Westmorland County. More...
2005-04-01 14:55:00 38.015 -122.155 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1000 315.0 archive This is the first day that my family and I had observed the swarming Painted Lady butterflies. They seemed to be moving NW by the hundreds, maybe even thousands. The weather was beautiful today, though I'm not sure of the temperature, I was hurrying on my way to work. More...
2009-04-27 12:00:00 40.79 -80.505 American lady 1 archive Observer: J. Monroe. More...
2007-03-29 12:00:00 38.71 -90.74 Red admiral 2 archive St. Charles County. Observer: D. Berry. More...
2017-04-12 05:00:00 43.0493192 -87.8996528 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 2 mariposa [Heidi Haring, Wisconsin Butterflies] Corner of East Lyon Street and North Astor Street, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Lower 50's with occasional chilly wind. Very docile - more interested in sunning itself than worrying about me. Another flitted past as I was attempting the photo. More...
2006-04-12 12:00:00 41.1207 -73.9181 Painted lady 1 archive Observers: T. Fiore and K. Wallstrom. More...
2015-02-26 18:00:00 33.735230534879 -118.00533175399 Red admiral 1 Bud Foshee No description. More...
2010-06-16 12:00:00 50.25 -99.84 Red admiral 1 archive Hi Royce, I have another sighting of the Red Admiral for you. This one would be Minnedosa, MB. Approximately 200 km west of Winnipeg and 50 km North of Brandon, MB near the junction of highways 10 and 16. It was a single individual. Cheers, Brent More...
2005-04-04 12:00:00 33.9015 -117.90522 Painted lady 10 archive They have mostly left now. I saw them for quite a few days after the report I sent in. I was seeing them everwhere I drove throughout Orange County, so the migration path was very very wide. Amazing, Dan More...
2009-05-30 12:00:00 40.714 -74.006 American lady 4 270.0 archive No description. More...
2007-04-13 12:00:00 37.936 -122.258 American lady 1 archive Observer: B. Shepard More...
2005-04-01 10:00:00 37.83 -121.28 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 archive Observer: Michelle. Since Friday 4/1/05 approx. 10:00 a.m. we have been noticing continual stream of butterflies in the Tracy/Lathrop/Stockton area. We thought at first they were monarchs but after seeing one land outside the kitchen window, long enough to judge, it was definitely Painted Lady. More...
2014-07-12 05:00:00 47.9961657 -53.815294 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 Donald Davis (Jeff Harrison) Hello Don, We have had lousy weather for 11 days straight - all-encompassing fog and cool temperatures which discouraged me from getting out to look for butterflies as the flying conditions were poor. More...
2005-03-31 12:00:00 38.62 -90.7 Painted lady 1 archive Observer: R Goetz. More...
2004-04-23 18:00:00 42.0267 -93.6458 Red admiral 5 0.0 archive Survey of territories on Iowa State University campus, route 1. Mostly sunny; a few thin cirrus patches. Light ca. north breeze, leaves tremble. 20.2 C - 18.4 C. More...
2006-04-28 12:00:00 35.43 -83.82 American lady 1 archive Observers: J. Pippen and J. Dole More...
2005-10-23 12:00:00 50.67 -114.28 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1 180.0 archive seen west of Turner Valley at Windy Point, edge of mountains, from top of hill, migrating south More...
2010-04-23 12:00:00 44.422 -91.701 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive Marcie O'Connor; Location: our land near Praag, Buffalo County. The Red Admiral was looking very worn. The Compton Tortoiseshells were also very worn looking. More...
2010-04-10 12:00:00 40.886 -92.244 Red admiral 2 archive 2 on 4/10/10 at Eldon Wildlife Management Area, Davis County. More...
2007-06-20 12:00:00 40.41 -89.87 American lady 9 archive Observer: R. Bell. More...

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