04/06/2019 - 18:03

Submitted by mariposa on Thu, 04/11/2019 - 11:14
Location: 
Species: 
Red admiral
Date and Time: 
Saturday, April 6, 2019 - 18:03
Number Observed: 
5
Type: 
First butterfly of the season
Wind Speed: 
15
Wind Direction: 
180.00
Description/Notes: 
Iowa State University campus, Ames, Iowa. Location precision: within an 8m radius. First Red Admirals of the season. Two in one territory, three in the second. Weather: 24.4 C (76 F), dew point 10.6 C (51 F), mostly cloudy (80% altocumulus, stratocumulus, cirrostratus clouds). Observed by Royce Bitzer (this observation with a photo is also in the Vanessa Migration Project page on iNaturalist, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/22127349