Butterfly Observations

E.g., Friday, March 29, 2024
E.g., Friday, March 29, 2024
E.g., Friday, March 29, 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
2016-04-07 15:00:00 42.204202861725 -122.70777072763 West coast lady First butterfly of the season 1 0 AdmiralsandLadies only saw this species one time in April More...
2019-06-29 01:53:00 46.76717396 -96.78202693 Red admiral mariposa No description. More...
2002-05-04 12:00:00 41.3 -73.53 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 0 archive No description. More...
2012-04-15 05:00:00 43.062836714986 -95.449132915869 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 mariposa Bruce and Georgeann Morrison, southeast O'Brien County, Iowa, 43.0627 N, 95.4490 W. Had our first of year Red Admiral yesterday afternoon... More...
2019-04-15 21:48:00 35.8236937 -115.51710639999999 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 200 0 mariposa Near Goodsprings, Clark County, Nevada. Location precision: within a 10m radius. 70 F, light winds. Total seen in afternoon greater than 200. Observed by lonnyholmes, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/22536230 More...
2010-05-14 12:00:00 39.463 -74.464 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 100 archive I have observed the red admiral butterfly here in Ventnor, NJ 08406 for the past two days. I also observed them in Pleasantville, NJ 08232 on May 14 and in Oceanville, NJ on May 14. There were more butterflies than I could possibly count. More...
2016-04-13 05:00:00 41.627096 -86.952358 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 20 0 mariposa One of many in this gravel lot. Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Porter County, Indiana. Location precision: within a 22m radius. 50 F. Observed by byzantinenature, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2930846 More...
2005-03-05 12:00:00 34.6781 -117.5184 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1000 archive Observer: Mario Lopez. There are thousands of them passing by here in the high desert. More...
2009-03-26 12:00:00 37.46 -122.23 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 archive Sighted 20 to 25 per minute. Observer: David Reis. More...
2018-05-16 18:46:00 42.31667415286659 -81.85010239924941 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 12 0 Donald Davis [Joanne Redwood, e-Butterfly] Monarch and 12 Red Admirals at Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario. Rondeau Provincial Park is located on the north shore of Lake Erie, east of Point Pelee National Park, and is a very significant and popular migration spot for birds. More...
2007-02-16 12:00:00 33.6706 -117.837 Painted lady 3 archive Sighting of 3-4 Painted Ladies at San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary, corner of Riparian and Michelson, Irvine, CA on Feb 16, 2007. (Probably saw 1-2 there a week earlier, but couldn't positively identify. Photographed one on Feb 16, but it was pretty beat-up. Discarded photo.) More...
2017-04-02 05:00:00 41.928043422853 -82.510028592537 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 2 Donald Davis [From Dwayne Murphy] I had two Red Admirals today at Point Pelee while walking the Woodland Nature trail and the Redbud Footpath (photo attached). I also had two Eastern Commas. I looked but no Azure Species today. [Location uncertainty: 350 m) More...
2002-03-31 12:00:00 32.961 -96.938 Red admiral 10 archive No description. More...
2015-05-06 21:20:00 44.990245455611 -93.216221439287 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 ebrunquist Fresh individual, engaged in stereotypical late afternoon territorial perching behavior on the side of a house. More...
2019-04-13 05:00:00 43.6274965 -79.35993200000001 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 15 0 Donald Davis Ward's and Algonquin Islands, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Location precision: estimated within a 1 km radius. More...
2003-05-11 12:00:00 49.81 -103.66 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 0 archive No description. More...
2010-05-20 16:00:00 43.04095 -76.406944 American lady 1 archive Active near the pearly everlasting, probably laying eggs. More...
2015-06-25 05:00:00 38.249375 -80.43487800000003 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Summit Lake, near Renick, West Virginia. Observation precision: within a 26m radius. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1692975 More...
2017-09-05 05:00:00 44.04146667 -92.44655555999998 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 20 0 mariposa Rochester, Minnesota. [Initial appearance on Sept. 5, 2017 of the Painted Ladies described on the following day, Sept. 6.] Yesterday [Sept. 5] and today [Sept. 6] a swarm of [Painted] Ladies have been camped out over and on our lavender Sedums in our front yards. More...
2005-10-08 12:00:00 28.135 -82.66 Painted lady 2 archive Yes, cardui is uncommon here in FL. I usually only see a few each year. Our data for the Brooker Creek Counts (4 teams each out for 2-4 hours covering part, but not nearly all of our 8300 acres).... More...
2017-04-09 21:30:00 42.9053449 -85.330437 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 3 aphipps High temperature this day was 78.3 F, mostly cloudy, variable wind. First sighting of the year on the hill behind our house. Three individuals exhibiting hill-topping behavior. More...
2020-08-02 19:31:00 44.9162814 -93.31538379999999 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 180.0 4 Livewombat One American Painted Lady with a missing piece of the hind wing, nectaring on lantana, tithonia, cosmos, and phlox. Hanging around for at least an hour. More...
2004-01-03 12:00:00 38.076 -75.387 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive Observer: Dave Czaplak. On Sat. 3rd at the north tract (Girdletree) of Vaughn WMA, Worchester Co., MD., one Red Admiral. The temperature was 65 F. More...
2015-05-20 17:00:00 47.049072239977 -91.925697322942 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 50 225.0 10 wmattson These were seen on a bike ride of about one mile on a logging road. I have never seen so many American Ladies on one day. I was hoping to see a Painted Lady to score a Vanessa trifecta, but looking as hard as I could, there was none to be found. 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...
2003-09-27 12:00:00 37.95 -87.41 Painted lady 0 archive Newburgh, Indiana 47630. No flight direction noted. Present for the past two months. More...
2010-05-05 12:00:00 43.621 -79.376 Red admiral 1 archive On Toronto Island today - see photo On Wed, 5/5/10, Julia Freedman wrote: Donald, Oh to know my butterflies. Unfortunately, they fall into the category of "Ooooh! Pretty!" for me. I did get a few pictures of a beautiful one that held still long enough. More...
2015-05-25 05:00:00 30.55013 -104.66247799999996 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa ZH Canyon, Miller Ranch, near Valentine, Texas. Location precision: within a 57m radius. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1545334 More...
2005-03-17 13:30:00 34.249 -118.478 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 39 0.0 7 archive 39 butterflies observed between 13:30 and 13:35 PST More...
2009-04-27 12:00:00 43.75 -81 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 archive Laying eggs on Pearly Everlasting as usual. Glenn More...
2017-09-15 22:40:00 41.98976 -93.65939100000003 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 26 180.0 20 mariposa South of Ames, Iowa. Mostly sunny, 90 F; strong wind from the south, 20 mph+. Many individuals nectaring on red clover. 26 Painted Ladies were captured while we were tagging Monarchs. Observation by iowabiologist, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. Location precision: 50m radius. More...
2007-04-20 12:00:00 28.8164 -100.5295 Red admiral 1 archive ....He/she's still here by the way chasing the Kricogonia lycides and other sulphers around the back yard. More...
2017-04-17 18:00:00 42.061915429375 -91.764588906386 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 43 225.0 dohde1 The area was along Chain Lakes Road and in Chain Lakes Natural Area. More...
2023-04-07 17:00:00 41.826007 -88.310785 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 0 Batavia - IL It was sunning itself on side of house - dark brown stained wood & sitting on a hyacinth flower buds * I wish I could attach photo More...
2006-03-26 12:00:00 30.071 -99.2768 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 archive First of Season: American Lady TX: Kerr County, Camp Rio Vista, W of Ingram on TX39, 26 March 2006 1, nectaring at Rosemary and Red Sage, filmed. More...
2015-07-18 13:00:00 42.118266400361 -94.016924856337 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 6 180.0 6 mariposa Don Williams Lake, Boone County, Iowa. I saw 6 Red Admirals flying across the lake in various directions. Partly sunny, some stratocumulus, 23.0 C (73 F), dew point 20.0 C (68 F), wind from south (170 degrees). More...
2019-04-27 19:32:00 40.01290706 -105.30137639999998 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 3 0 mariposa Boulder County, Colorado. Location precision: within an 18m radius. And a garter snake for good measure. Temperature 65 F, light winds. Observed by roomthily, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/23497452 More...
2005-11-07 12:00:00 31.9592 -111.6259 Painted lady 100 archive Observer: E. Halbedel. Elevation 3000-6000 ft along SR 386, Kitt Peak, AZ. More...
2013-11-11 06:00:00 30.160314 -98.07264499999997 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 0 mariposa Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui, Charro Ranch Park, Dripping Springs, Hays Co., Texas, 11 November 2013. Location precision: not recorded. Observed by greglasley, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/453829 More...
2005-04-05 12:00:00 42.4454 -76.4082 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 3 0.0 6 archive Town of Dryden, New York, Ellis Hollow Nature Preserve (our property is an inholding in the preserve). Flight direction: none. 3 butterflies observed between 12:00 and 1:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. One was puddling on our salty car. The others were flying and sunning on our deck and patio. More...
2009-05-09 12:00:00 41.25 -73.59 American lady 2 archive Observer: H. Zirlin. More...
2017-09-08 23:11:00 42.789071 -92.682029 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 100 0 mariposa This was just one nectaring of hundreds observed that day by Dan Borchardt, a biologist from Pheasants Forever, in his home prairie. More...
2024-02-02 21:00:00 33.94949 -80.65579 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 0 mariposa Carolina Leps newsgroup; Wateree Heritage Preserve/Wildlife Management Area, Richland County, South Carolina, USA. "Today on a whim, Dave and I went to Wateree River HP in Richland County to see if anything was flying. More...
2005-06-11 12:00:00 39.5269 -119.8114 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 0 archive Observer: Linda Adams. A colleague was driving from Reno to Fernley and had to stop to clean the windshield because there were so many. (A sad sounding thing for those of us never lucky enough to have seen them in those numbers, but a necessity I'm sure.) More...
2015-05-31 22:10:00 36.059009539196 -112.10916778766 West coast lady 1 Bud Foshee No description. More...
2019-04-26 14:34:00 36.15532113 -115.49413390000001 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 5 0 mariposa Clark County, Nevada. Location precision: within a 24m radius. Temperature, 88 F. Observed by lonnyholmes, Vanessa Migration Project page, iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/24042282 More...
2001-07-23 10:30:00 52.8903 -118.0771 Red admiral 2 0 archive 10:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 0.5 km south of railroad crossing on Connaught Drive on north end of town of Jasper. More...
2009-11-02 12:00:00 36.16 -86.85 Red admiral 1 22.5 1 archive Was very tame and fed all the time on zinnias. More...
2017-07-30 18:00:00 40.78828 -77.86352999999997 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 2 22.5 0 mariposa Two painted lady butterflies have been in my yard most of the day, nectaring on coneflower mainly, and seeming to chase each other around busily. 75-82 F, blue skies, light wind from the north-northeast. Location precision: uncertain. More...
2007-05-13 12:00:00 43.36 -84.26 Red admiral 10 archive More sightings: Red Admirals 3 fresh, 4 light wear, 3 heavy wear....all seen in open shade in riparian areas. There were no field sightings. More...

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