Comments on: Painted Lady butterfly migration: Seeing lots of butterflies? They’re BACK!

By: Joanne Butler

Joanne Butler — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:53:18 +0000

Today I have seen so many Butterflies. They look like small Monarchs very pretty. The date is april 16th 2012. Isn’t it early to see butterflies. I live in Canada not far from Niagara Falls and very close to the border of Fort Erie and Buffalo. I have never seen this before. My cherry tree, the side of the house and fence were covered with these. Joanne

By: Shash

Shash — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:00:13 +0000

I will wait for them next year I guess

By: Tom Brandt

Tom Brandt — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:36:23 +0000

Painted Ladies arrived in the Tualatin River Valley, Washington County, Oregon, on about the 20th or 21st of April. In the evening of the 21st there were many at dusk flitting in and out of the Douglas-fir trees in our yard in Hillsboro. Here’s a link to a picture on Flickr I took on April 22nd at Jackson Bottom Wetlands:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12567713@N00/3467614520/

By: Gary Bogue

Gary Bogue — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:42:56 +0000

The last really big painted lady butterfly migration was in 2005. /Gary

By: Jerry

Jerry — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:09:09 +0000

The migration has reached the central Willamette Valley in Oregon. They are very numerous! Haven’t seen this many since?????????

By: Ron Goodweather

Ron Goodweather — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:02:41 +0000

Gary – I think I saw scattering of these butterflies while crossing Brockway Summit in North Lake Tahoe today, April 7th, I think they were Painted Lady’s? I first thought California Tortoiseshell.

By: Bill

Bill — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:13:16 +0000

Noticed a ton of painted ladies — tons more than I’ve ever seen — whipping through my North Natomas (Sacramento, CA) backyard on Saturday and Sunday, March 28th and 29th. At first, I thought it was just the same one or two butterflies, and then two flew by in tandem. That’s when I knew there was more than one. This appears to be a heavy year for them.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:26:28 +0000

We first noticed them Friday, March 27 and were still seeing them yesterday, April 2. They flew right over our house in Neroly Ranchos, Oakley. The first ones kept on flying but on Sunday, March 29 we noticed they were stopping on the flowering bushes in our front yard. I did find one on our back lawn Tuesday. It didn’t seem injured but wouldn’t fly. I put it on the bush in front and wished it well.

By: Aimee

Aimee — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:00:10 +0000

Constant stream of them headed North today in Napa.

By: Ray & Vicki Carlson

Ray & Vicki Carlson — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:23:26 +0000

Greetings from Alamo. Butterflies invading our property too! Amazing sight to sit on porch and watch them fly up the hill, some settling on flowers in the garden, others progressing up and over the house. Hundreds and hundreds of them. Spectacular event and loving every minute!

Vicki and Ray