Butterfly Observations

E.g., Tuesday, April 23, 2024
E.g., Tuesday, April 23, 2024
E.g., Tuesday, April 23, 2024
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Date and Timesort ascending Latitude Longitude Species Type Number Observed Flight Direction (Degrees) Wind Direction (Degrees) Wind Speed Observed By Description/Notes
2019-05-20 12:03:00 39.2452 -119.84759500000001 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa 6205 Franktown Rd, Washoe Valley, Nevada. Location precision: within an 8m radius. Observed by gchisholm, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/25441945 More...
2019-05-19 15:54:00 31.26450355 -98.60773768000001 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Mills County, Texas. Location precision: not recorded. Observed by wildcarrot, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/26276409 More...
2019-05-18 18:00:00 42.02669487088881 -93.66033265604085 Red admiral Migrating individual(s), Presence of butterfly in your area 3 0.0 202.5 14 mariposa Three Red Admirals flying northward during a 30-minute period, three hours ahead of a rainstorm approaching from the south. Cirrostratus clouds, 81 F, dew point 62 F, relative humidity 63%, winds from the south-southwest to southwest (210 degrees azimuth), 14 mph, gusting to 23 mph. More...
2019-05-17 17:51:00 39.50052385 -119.85953369999999 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa 1010 Caughlin Crossing, Reno, Nevada. Location precision: within a 19m radius. Observed by justbarrett, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/25277286 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...
2019-05-17 15:02:00 33.58327222 -116.7787778 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa San Bernardino National Forest, Riverside, California, United States. Location precision: not recorded. 5th instar caterpillar in a web on a plant. Observed by cwbarrows, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/25486510 More...
2019-05-16 18:16:00 34.09619532 -118.7178485 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 225.0 6 mariposa Malibu Creek State Park, Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas, California. Location precision: within a 46m radius. Painted Lady close to the creek at Malibu State Park. It looks like the butterfly was sipping water from the moist sand… Temperature, 72 F; clear sky, moderate winds. More...
2019-05-16 16:45:00 41.234332 -95.91649699999999 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0.0 6 mariposa Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha, Nebraska. Location precision: not recorded. On my weekly walk saw it on an iris which i have never seen feeding on before. Survey from 10:40 a.m. to 12:50 p.m. CDT. Temperature, 83 F. Observed by langabee, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. More...
2019-05-16 16:45:00 41.234332 -95.91649699999999 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0.0 6 mariposa Lauritzen Gardens, Omaha, Nebraska. Location precision: not recorded. It was flying by but definitely a red admiral. no picture. Survey from 10:40 a.m. to 12:50 p.m. Temperature, 83 F. Observed by langabee, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. More...
2019-05-16 05:00:00 43.996591 -77.71920499999999 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 1 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...
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...
2019-05-16 05:00:00 43.996591 -77.71920499999999 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 21 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...
2019-05-15 12:10:00 44.91519682429559 -93.32458584797041 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 Livewombat American Lady butterfly nectaring on dandelions next to the tennis courts in Pershing Park. More...
2019-05-14 18:50:00 41.179753 -95.91783299999997 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Fontenelle Forest Bellevue, Nebraska. Location precision: not recorded. Part of weekly survey of forest. Survey Type: Survey Route, 11:50 a.m. to 3:50 p.m. CDT. Observed by langabee, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/25140568 More...
2019-05-14 18:50:00 41.179753 -95.91783299999997 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 18 0 mariposa Fontenelle Forest, Bellevue, Nebraska. Location precision: not recorded. This was our weekly walk counting butterflies. The number of red admirals is not near as many as a couple of weeks ago. 78 F, calm. Survey Type: Survey Route, 11:50 a.m. to 3:50 p.m. CDT. More...
2019-05-13 23:26:00 42.02687416491353 -93.65959779937862 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 3 157.5 8 mariposa Woods east of Forest Glen Street, Ames, Iowa. Location precision: within a 4m radius. Three butterflies maintaining two territories in a small-stream valley. Mostly sunny, 64 F, dew point 39 F, relative humidity 40%. Survey type: incidental, 18:15 - 18:35 CDT. More...
2019-05-13 21:39:00 41.7310127 -88.006913 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 3 0.0 9 ldieckman No description. More...
2019-05-13 05:00:00 34.74666731993429 -112.13109446944583 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 20 0 mariposa Jerome Grande Shaft, Yavapai County, Arizona. Location precision: estimated within a 200m radius. Observed by Tom Horton, posted to Desert Leps Newsgroup. "I had wanted to make this trip last Monday, but it rained. I drove up yesterday. It was a gorgeous day. More...
2019-05-12 21:00:00 44.916433885456115 -93.31553611843992 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 Livewombat Red Admiral butterfly sitting on a white frost blanket for long periods of time, interrupted by short flights. He's actually been there off and on for a few days. More...
2019-05-12 20:32:00 32.66179348 -94.15030086000002 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Fly-N-Fish Lodge Airport, Karnack, Texas 75661, USA. Location precision: within a 5m radius. Observed by cosmiccat, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/25041070 More...
2019-05-12 16:00:00 37.3614238 -118.3996636 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1000 90.0 0 mariposa Bishop, California. "In Bishop, California this morning, we are being assaulted by what can only be described as swarms of painted ladies. In over 30 years of living out West, we’ve never seen so many. Immediately in front of us we can see upwards of 100 continuously. More...
2019-05-12 05:00:00 44.9428975 -123.03509630000002 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 100 0.0 0 mariposa They are flying up in Salem, Oregon, as well (50 miles south of Portland). Around 1-3 per minute. Very faded and very skittish - I’m having a hard time finding one that’s not flying in order to get a still photo. So I may have to shoot video and extract a still from the video. More...
2019-05-11 23:16:00 42.183208 -121.73011810000003 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 88 0.0 90.0 1 Naturetreker 88 individuals in 15 minutes. More...
2019-05-11 17:00:00 34.173972 -118.89663389999998 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 200 0 mariposa Thousand Oaks, California. "After more than 2 days of overcast here and showers in the mountains and deserts, much warmer (73F) temps today have resulted in probably the largest flyby I have seen all spring here in Thousand Oaks. More...
2019-05-11 05:00:00 43.994452454914644 -77.69672918433855 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 293 0 Donald Davis Presqu'ile Provincial Park, my favorite park, on north shore of Lake Ontario opposite Rochester, New York. More...
2019-05-11 05:00:00 43.99453383607617 -77.70710159084507 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 31 0 Donald Davis Presqu'ile Provincial Park, my favorite park, on north shore of Lake Ontario opposite Rochester, New York. More...
2019-05-10 23:15:00 42.02693564388424 -93.64475946068876 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 46 315.0 5 mariposa Iowa State University campus, Ames, Iowa. Location precision: within a 6m radius. Basking on the ground and occupying a territory. Survey type: survey of territories, 4:28 to 6:50 p.m. CDT. Sunny, 64 F, dew point 35 F, relative humidity 34%. More...
2019-05-10 18:07:00 35.80996666 -115.96261119999997 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 25 0 mariposa Inyo County, California. Location precision: within a 5m radius. 58 degrees F, calm. Just post rain all night and am. Observed by lonnyholmes, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/24910268 More...
2019-05-10 18:06:00 35.80978942 -115.96261320000002 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 200 0 mariposa Inyo County, California. Location precision: within a 5m radius. Two hundred or more (200). They were thick as ants in this small valley. Probably the most butterflies I have seen in one small canyon ever! 58 degrees F, calm. Post rain, all night and early am. More...
2019-05-10 18:00:00 41.17973 -95.91815500000001 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 32 0.0 0 mariposa Fontenelle Forest, Bellevue, Nebraska. Location precision: not recorded. Did my weekly walk. First sunny day all week. Survey route, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Temperature 60 F. Observed by langabee, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/24908965 More...
2019-05-10 18:00:00 41.17973 -95.91815500000001 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 2 0.0 0 mariposa Fontanelle Forest, Bellevue, Nebraska. Location precision: not recorded. Finally a sunny day after 3.5 days of clouds and rain. Moving quickly that I did not get a good picture. Survey route, between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Temperature, 60 F. More...
2019-05-10 16:42:00 35.81363441 -115.96967619999998 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 200 0 mariposa Inyo County, California. Location precision: within a 10m radius. 200 plus in this small valley! 58 degrees F, calm. Post rain all night and am. Observed by lonnyholmes, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/24896474 More...
2019-05-10 15:17:00 40.04034934 -105.19757800000002 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 5 0 mariposa Boulder County, Colorado. Location precision: within a 115m radius. Post-spring snow storm. popped up once the clouds broke (for a bit). Partly cloudy, mid-40s, calm. Observed by roomthily, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/24914108 More...
2019-05-09 21:07:00 41.7272283 -88.00572979999998 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 2 315.0 14 ldieckman No description. 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...
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...
2019-05-08 15:00:00 38.939926 -119.97718680000003 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 200 45.0 67.5 7 mariposa South Lake Tahoe, California. Location precision: estimated within a 4 km radius. Observed by Ian Watkinson, DesertLeps newsgroup. Even though I’m a moth man, thought I would pass on that painted ladies are in amazing abundance here in South Lake Tahoe where we are taking a few days break. More...
2019-05-07 17:50:00 34.2737512 -81.58593480000002 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Lynch's Woods Park, Newberry, South Carolina. Observed by Marty Kastner, Carolina Leps. "On Tuesday, Dave and I explored Lynch's Woods Park from 12:50-4:30 under mostly sunny skies with temps in the 70's to low 80's. We also saw an outbreak of Polygonia species. More...
2019-05-07 05:00:00 38.7296252 -120.79854599999999 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 300 45.0 225.0 3 mariposa Placerville, California. Location precision: estimated within a 4 km radius. Observed by Paul Cherubini, DesertLeps Newsgroup. "Ditto in Placerville, California, west and downhill from South Lake Tahoe. More...
2019-05-06 18:02:00 36.15844462 -115.43063319999999 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 3 0 mariposa Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Clark County, Nevada. Location precision: within a 5m radius. Temperature, 73 F. Observed by lonnyholmes, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/24697700 More...
2019-05-06 18:00:00 36.15843204 -115.43058189999999 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 2 0 mariposa Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Clark County, Nevada. Location precision: within a 30m radius. Temperature 73 F, wind speed, calm. Observed by lonnyholmes, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/24697612 More...
2019-05-06 17:35:00 40.11603196 -105.29511809999997 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Boulder County, Colorado. Location precision: within a 65m radius. Temperature 60 F, cloudy. Observed by roomthily, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/24703540 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...
2019-05-06 15:41:00 36.15772952 -115.4262817 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 3 0 mariposa Clark County, Nevada. Location precision: within a 13m radius. Temperature 73 F, wind speed, calm. Observed by lonnyholmes, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/24751282 More...
2019-05-06 15:39:00 36.15727474 -115.42592230000002 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 2 0 mariposa Clark County, Nevada. Location precision: within an 11m radius. Temperature 73 F, wind speed, calm. Observed by lonnyholmes, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/24751044 More...
2019-05-06 08:23:00 40.1160822 -105.29370189999997 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 30 0 mariposa Boulder County, Colorado. Location precision: within a 68m radius. 60 F, cloudy between thunderstorms around area. Observed by roomthily, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/24703541 More...
2019-05-05 22:16:00 44.916166610206375 -93.3153139503923 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 4 0 Livewombat Red Admirals were flying around in the late afternoon in our yard. One was sitting on a concrete wall of a raised bed. Another flew into view and the one on the concrete took off in pursuit. They were in a close spiral, flying around the limbs of a large maple tree. More...
2019-05-05 05:00:00 44.586399 -78.68829199999999 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 3 0 Donald Davis Bulmers Road north of Fenelon Falls, Ontario. Location precision: estimated within a 2 km radius. [Observed by Susan Blayney, Ontario Butterflies Newsgroup.] Unfavourable winds, low temperatures and rain have kept the invasion on hold until yesterday [May 5, 2019]. We hit 21C. More...
2019-05-05 05:00:00 43.6051 -84.29840000000002 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 21 0 DenBrook May 5, 2019 – 21 Red Admirals in Midland County, Michigan (43.6051, - 84.2984). Still waiting for some ladies. More...
2019-05-04 19:00:00 41.17973 -95.91815500000001 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 6 6 mariposa Fontenelle Forest, Bellevue, Nebraska. After reading how the red admirals have been moving further North I decided to walk the history trail again and see if the number of red admirals had decreased. On Monday I had seen 29 and Saturday saw 6. More...

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