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Red Admiral Butterfly Royalty Free Stock Photo

Red Admiral Butterfly - Vanessa atalantan, Norfolk, England, UK Royalty Free Stock Photo

Red Admiral - Vanessa atalantan. A large and strong-flying butterfly and common in gardens. This familiar and distinctive insect may be found anywhere in Britain and Ireland and in all habitat types.nnStarting each spring and continuing through the summer there are northward migrations, which are variable in extent and timing, from North Africa and continental Europe. The immigrant females lay eggs and consequently there is an emergence of fresh butterflies, from about July onwards. They continue flying into October or November and are typically seen nectaring on garden buddleias or flowering Ivy and on rotting fruit.