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Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta | May 16, 2010 |
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The Red Admiral is a modest-size butterfly, and however one interprets admiral, the Red Admiral is a Lady (or Vanessa) butterfly.
The Red Admiral is one of the easier butterflies to identify, with its U-shaped red-orange stripe. |
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| The wings closed view of the Red Admiral below is a somewhat deceptive. The underwings have an intricate black pattern, but the combination of backlighting and translucent wings allows the red-orange stripe and white dots to show through here. |
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This has been a wonderful spring for Red Admirals, inasmuch as I have seen several every day for the past few.
Photo note: I used the Pentax K20D, with the SMC-DA 55-300mm lens, for both photos, taken on May 13 and 15, 2010. |