Danaus plexippus (Monarch butterfly)

SuborderInfraorderCladeCladeCladeCladeCladeSuperfamilyFamilySubfamilyTribeGenus
GlossataHeteroneuraDitrysiaApoditrysiaObtectomeraMacrolepidopteraRhopaloceraPapilionoideaNymphalidaeDanainaeDanainiDanaus
Danaus plexippus Animal
Danaus plexippus Shoot
Danaus plexippus Male
Danaus plexippus Female
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General Information

Sightings:42
Type(s):animal

Trail List

  • Santa Barbara
    • Paradise Rd
      • Camuesa Canyon FRd
      • Camuesa Canyon Rd
      • Camuesa Rd. Connector Trail
      • Santa Cruz Trail (Upper Oso)
    • Riparian
      • Aliso Creek
      • UCSB lagoon
    • SB Back Country
      • Grotto<->Mine
      • Little Caliente FRd.
    • SB Front Country
      • Arroyo Burro Trail
      • Cold Spring Ridge Trail
      • Jesusita
      • Tunnel paved
    • Urban
      • Alan Rd.
      • Bailard Ave
      • Beach to Backcountry Rd.
      • Coronado Butterfly Reserve
      • Ellwood Mesa
      • Garden Home
      • Gaviota Beach Rd.
      • Leslie Dr.
      • Los Positas
      • More Mesa
      • Moyo
      • Padaro Lane
      • Vieja Horsetrail
    • Wilderness
      • Lost Valley Trail
    • unspecified
      • 101 SB
      • Little Caliente Creek
      • Ortega Hill bikepath
  • Ventura
    • unspecified
      • Ca 1 North of Emma Wood
      • Emma Woods Picnic Area

Sightings Table

DateLatLonAltitudeTemperatureHumidityTrail
2018-09-30 14:00:0034.4289-119.73120m. (67ft.)N/AN/AGarden Home
2018-04-19 10:45:5534.4207-119.78715m. (50ft.)18°C (64°F)18%More Mesa
2018-03-15 11:46:0034.4281-119.7865m. (18ft.)17°C (63°F)17%Vieja Horsetrail
2018-02-15 10:17:1934.411-119.8514m. (13ft.)19°C (66°F)19%UCSB lagoon
2018-02-07 10:58:2234.4293-119.742-2m. (-8ft.)26°C (79°F)26%101 SB
2017-10-08 13:27:4234.421-119.6069m. (32ft.)22°C (72°F)22%Ortega Hill bikepath
2017-10-08 12:53:2334.3872-119.49812m. (41ft.)20°C (68°F)20%Bailard Ave
2017-10-08 12:09:1734.3187-119.3892m. (6ft.)20°C (68°F)20%Ca 1 North of Emma Wood
2017-10-08 11:25:3534.2801-119.3150m. (2ft.)24°C (75°F)24%Emma Woods Picnic Area
2017-09-23 10:12:4234.4716-120.2314m. (48ft.)27°C (81°F)27%Gaviota Beach Rd.
2017-09-19 10:05:1434.536-119.622143m. (470ft.)21°C (70°F)21%Little Caliente Creek
2017-09-19 10:00:4034.5338-119.627142m. (467ft.)22°C (72°F)22%Little Caliente FRd.
2017-06-18 08:16:1434.5582-119.75202m. (665ft.)N/AN/ACamuesa Rd. Connector Trail
2017-05-18 18:15:2234.5644-119.767133m. (438ft.)N/AN/ACamuesa Canyon FRd
2017-05-09 13:22:3634.5159-119.645175m. (575ft.)N/AN/AGrotto<->Mine
2017-03-14 17:27:1034.4636-119.73479m. (259ft.)N/AN/AArroyo Burro Trail
2017-01-28 13:31:3034.4769-120.231-30m. (-99ft.)N/AN/ABeach to Backcountry Rd.
2016-12-02 13:10:0034.4159-119.5633m. (10ft.)N/AN/APadaro Lane
2016-09-15 11:54:3534.429-119.73113m. (44ft.)N/AN/ALeslie Dr.
2016-08-21 00:00:0034.429-119.73220m. (67ft.)N/AN/ALeslie Dr.
2016-07-13 00:00:0034.4245-119.7379m. (31ft.)N/AN/ALos Positas
2016-05-28 16:02:5334.5656-119.762122m. (402ft.)N/AN/ASanta Cruz Trail (Upper Oso)
2016-03-15 11:56:1634.5452-119.77184m. (277ft.)N/AN/ACamuesa Canyon Rd
2016-02-10 11:49:2134.456-119.65368m. (226ft.)N/AN/ACold Spring Ridge Trail
2016-02-03 10:41:4634.4208-119.645-10m. (-35ft.)N/AN/AMoyo
2015-12-21 00:00:0034.4208-119.6456m. (20ft.)N/AN/AMoyo
2015-11-11 10:37:4134.4208-119.6456m. (20ft.)N/AN/AMoyo
2015-06-25 08:37:5734.4681-119.73361m. (201ft.)N/AN/AJesusita
2015-06-06 11:29:5034.553-119.78688m. (289ft.)N/AN/AAliso Creek
2015-04-02 16:05:0134.4245-119.805-4m. (-16ft.)N/AN/AMore Mesa
2015-03-08 12:40:0934.7664-119.92182m. (599ft.)N/AN/ALost Valley Trail
2015-02-15 11:22:4334.4663-119.711101m. (332ft.)N/AN/ATunnel paved
2015-01-15 10:58:4434.4231-119.8916m. (20ft.)N/AN/ACoronado Butterfly Reserve
2010-03-08 12:13:5034.4065-119.7433m. (10ft.)N/AN/AAlan Rd.
2010-03-08 12:13:28N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AAlan Rd.
2010-03-08 12:13:18N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AAlan Rd.
2010-03-08 12:12:5834.4065-119.743N/AN/AN/AAlan Rd.
2010-01-02 16:31:57N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AEllwood Mesa
2010-01-02 16:23:24N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AEllwood Mesa
2010-01-02 16:16:57N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AEllwood Mesa
2010-01-02 07:43:56N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AEllwood Mesa
2007-02-03 10:18:08N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AEllwood Mesa

Seen with...

Carduus tenuiflorus

Carduus tenuiflorus

Slender Thistle/Italian Thistle

Baccharis pilularis

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Coyote Bush/Chaparral Broom

Cordylanthus rigidus

Cordylanthus rigidus

Rigid Bird's Beak

Amsinckia intermedia

Amsinckia intermedia

Common Fiddleneck

Lepidospartum squamatum

Lepidospartum squamatum

Scalebroom/Califorina broom shrub