Date: 09/07/2018
Number: 1
At about 2:00 PM I observed a Monarch butterfly for a short while as it fluttered about over the ramp here at the University Park Airport, at one point flying back along the left side of a just-landed Embraer ERJ145 jet. It managed to stay far enough away to avoid getting sucked into engine, but it did get a substantial shove as it entered the exhaust blast behind the plane. I guess after that brief encounter, it "decided" to leave the area. It climed up and then flew over the airport terminal heading northwest into the wind.
Latitude: 40.851° Longitude: -77.851°
At the time of this observation it was partly cloudy and conditions were approximately:
State College, PA
Latitude: 40.9 Longitude: -77.9
Observed by: R. Timothy
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