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
2010-06-20 12:00:00 53.54 -113.49 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive Hi John [Acorn], I was amazed to see Vanessa atalanta in my own back yard in Edmonton just this Sunday! It was a stunningly beautiful specimen to boot. Ian [Sheldon] More...
2005-04-01 09:30:00 32.56 -117.1 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 180 0.0 90.0 archive 09:30 a.m. PST: At rate of 3 per minute (= 180 per hour) flying north. 10:00 a.m. PST at rate of 7 per minute (= 420 per hour) flying north, 75 degrees F. More...
2010-04-04 18:30:00 41.416 -95.856 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive Single individual, basking and showing territorial affinity. More...
2004-05-06 18:24:00 42.0267 -93.6458 Red admiral 20 90.0 archive Survey of territories, Iowa State University campus, route 1. Mostly cloudy; 80-90% stratocumulus/cirrostratus overcast, weak sun. Light east breeze; leaves rustle. More...
2007-06-14 12:00:00 44.134 -79.306 American lady 1 archive Hi trying to identify this butterfly i came upon your sight..... it was found dead but in Mount Albert, Ontario Canada on June 14th/07...hope the info helps....i took a couple of pics....attached one. thanks Heidi Tuckwell More...
2017-09-12 22:03:00 29.415901 -98.495790999996 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 2 Texas Butterfly... spotted on lantana 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...
2012-08-26 05:00:00 50.970643989249 -114.11810086249 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 Donald Davis (Ian Maton) There was one Red Admiral in my Southwest Calgary bait trap this morning. Ca. 50.96782 N, 114.11822 W) More...
2005-11-20 12:00:00 42.6877 -114.8662 West coast lady 3 archive Observer: K. Fothergill More...
2010-01-16 12:00:00 35.99 -78.9 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 archive 1/16/10, Red Admiral, Durham, Durham Co., NC (Greg Dodge) More...
2004-08-18 12:00:00 37.7736 -122.4116 Red admiral 1 archive I was reading your site and wanted to state I was most shocked to see a Red Admiral at Folsom Street and 9th Street in San Francisco on August 18 2004. Thank you for your reply! More...
2007-06-15 12:00:00 40.61 -91.68 Painted lady 1 archive Friday June 15th I did my seventh annual butterfly count at Shimek State Forest and vicinity in Lee County. It was a fantastic day – I saw 45 species, topping the previous high count of 37 species in 2006. More...
2017-07-26 05:00:00 51.938333327368 -115.43166660019 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area 50 Donald Davis [Bruce Christensen, Limestone Mountain, Alberta. Accuracy: 2 km radius] There were a good number of painted ladies at Limestone Mountain and north of Limestone Creak last Wednesday and Thursday. Most of them were in good shape. More...
2005-01-21 12:00:00 37.4521 -122.3847 Red admiral 4 archive Observers: J. Hall, D. Edwards. Coordinates are for a location 0.3 miles east-southeast of Mills Creek, shown on the USGS Half Moon Bay quadrangle. More...
2007-07-02 13:30:00 40.76013 -73.97331 Red admiral 1 archive Where observed: Small park with 20-foot high waterfall outside office building, at East 54th St. between Madison & Park Aves., New York, NY. Single butterfly landed on me for a very long time. No others observed. ZIP code [10022?], New York County (Manhattan). Flight direction: Unsure. More...
2001-03-15 12:00:00 29.0669 -97.3336 Painted lady 1 archive Observer: T. Muschalek. More...
2012-06-12 05:00:00 53.510987330595 -112.0639759021 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 Donald Davis (Rob Hughes) I saw one Red Admiral today in Vegreville, in a friend's garden. This yard is at the north edge of town, not far from a creek green space and native bush. I don't see them at my place, where it's more small town urban. [ca. 53,51033 N, 112.06480 W] More...
2003-10-19 12:00:00 26.07 -98.15 Painted lady 12 archive Observer: Derek Muschalek (Texas Butterfly Festival). More...
2012-10-20 19:15:00 35.313545781701 -80.018595646232 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 15 bengray417 Many red admirals were seen in the Uwharrie National Forest. Particularly abundant at a sap flow along with question marks and a mourning cloak butterfly. 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...
2005-02-26 12:35:00 33.7305 -84.367 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 archive I found your interesting website, http://www.public.iastate.edu/~mariposa/homepage.html, last night. Are you still collecting data on the migration of Vanessa spp.? More...
2017-10-03 16:20:00 37.897207751371 -122.6408958384 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 12 Lisahug Seadrift Gated Community, nectaring on a Butterfly Bush with migrating Monarchs. More...
2006-05-20 12:00:00 39.733 -76.041 American lady 1 archive Observer: A. Loudell. More...
2016-02-25 22:08:00 19.692406325853 -98.843513293932 American lady Presence of butterfly in your area 1 mariposa San Juan Teotihuacán, Estado de Mexico, Mexico, 19.69227 N, 98.84360 W. Saw a dark American Lady patrolling at the top of the Pyramid of the Sun. More...
2003-03-10 12:00:00 28.5742 -81.3344 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 0 archive Zip code 32792 More...
2013-03-28 20:12:00 35.322217375563 -94.274434600171 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 1 Cliff Ivy Warn sunny afternoon. Hard wood area. Red admiral landed on log in sun. More...
2005-07-18 12:00:00 64.85 -111.55 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 1 0.0 180.0 archive Finally, on July 18, 2 km ESE Daring Lake Tundra Ecological Research Station (64.51 N, 111.33 W, about 100 km north of treeline) I saw an adult Painted Lady! 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...
2005-03-15 12:00:00 34.2625 -119.2711 Painted lady 1 archive Hi Royce. They came in one wave during that 20 min. period with stragglers coming through sparingly. I saw one butterfly today. I have a butterfly garden but they didn't stop long enough to visit. Is this sighting unusual for this area and/or time of year? I never saw such a sight before. More...
2017-08-08 08:08:00 41.53942188245 -72.796783444351 Painted lady Presence of butterfly in your area, Specimen Record 1 berniecs No description. More...
2006-06-17 12:00:00 41.0944 -95.538 Red admiral 1 archive Hi – someone had mentioned to me that someone, somewhere in iowa was studying the red admiral butterflies. I did a google search and found your website. More...
2016-04-24 20:00:00 42.0284989 -91.586294999997 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 debbieamj setting in sun, not observed to be nectaring. More...
2002-04-10 12:00:00 41.11 -73.91 Red admiral 1 archive Observers: T. Fiore, E. Lam, N. Wagerik, and K. Wallstrom. More...
2005-03-22 12:00:00 28.03 -80.61 Painted lady 1 archive I saw one today and one a week ago. This is the first year that I have seen them. The one today was on the Mexican daisy vine on an arbor with the monarchs just enjoying breakfast. Sandy Hart, Palm Bay, FL 32905 More...
2008-05-03 12:00:00 37.30299 -121.95635 West coast lady 1 archive This individual was hanging about our garden.... The specimen was kind of beat up looking, with the tip of its right wing completely missing (http://flickr.com/photos/73344655@N00/2462370963/). More...
2001-05-08 12:00:00 48.75 -123.217 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 1 archive My wife (Aud Fischer) spotted one Painted Lady yesterday [May 8] on South Pender Island, and one today [May 9] on North Pender Island, British Columbia (east of the southern end of Vancouver Island, in the Strait of Georgia). So the migration has reached southern BC. More...
2016-06-30 23:12:00 42.622949 -82.924262 Red admiral First butterfly of the season 1 LeAnna Sosnoski... Perched on sunny, westward facing pine branch. More...
2006-01-05 12:00:00 37.4521 -122.3847 Red admiral 3 archive Observers: J. Hall and D. Edwards. More...
2012-04-11 05:00:00 33.494105992049 -111.926174463 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 100 mariposa Carol Cullar, re: Gail Morris, Scottsdale, Arizona, ca. 33.49 N, 111.93 W. I also communicate with Gail Morris in/around Scottsdale, AZ. More...
2005-02-14 12:00:00 33.28 -116.37 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 271 337.5 archive Observation: 271/60 min/25 ft. Normalized: 36/200 ft/min. More...
2005-03-27 17:00:00 33.63 -117.68 Painted lady Migrating individual(s) 100 315.0 archive Now, Sunday March 27th 5:00 pm there are still some going through, about 5 per minute that I can see, but having driven several miles east for a hike, they're in higher numbers there. More...
2009-01-11 12:00:00 25.6 -80.58 Red admiral 1 archive Observer: J. Monroe. More...
2006-07-01 12:00:00 33.67 -117.83 Red admiral 1 archive No description. More...
2002-04-16 12:00:00 40.395 -74 Painted lady 1 archive Observer: K. Keating. More...
2015-05-07 05:00:00 43.431512338046 -92.009253498316 Red admiral Presence of butterfly in your area 3 MJ Hatfield <p>At the house, 3 red admirals, over the driveway.</p> More...
2003-04-27 12:00:00 47.9604 -122.2386 Painted lady First butterfly of the season 1 archive Observer: W. Alexander. More...
2010-05-21 12:00:00 42.375 -77.389 Red admiral Migrating individual(s) 15 45.0 archive Most sightings were individuals. 2 sets of pairs went through. 14 of the 15 were seen between 1:00pm and 3:00pm, at which pointed it clouded over. One more seen at 4:15. More...
2007-03-10 12:00:00 29.54 -98.42 Red admiral 1 archive Red Admiral, nectaring/resting on pear blossom, about March 10, sunny warm day. San Antonio, 78217 More...
2006-03-12 12:00:00 28.45 -81.74 Red admiral 2 archive Observers: B. and L. Cooper, B. Bindschadler, N. Prine, R. and K. Mulholland, and Ingrid More...
2015-04-23 16:03:00 30.0096286 -99.1218524 American lady First butterfly of the season 1 Ginny Saw this american lady after 11:03 -- did not record the precise time we saw it. More...

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