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Red admiral. Miranda Hodgsonred admiral

Vanessa atalanta

  • Wings dark brown
     
  • Distinctive red bands and white spots at front
     

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red admiral fact sheet

Where found

Flowery banks and gardens where its larvae feed on nettles

Throughout British Isles, depending on migration
 

When to look for

Look out for them in May and June


Fab red admiral facts

  • A migrant from Central Europe

  • A small number overwinter in the south of the UK, but most of these perish in the cold

  • One of the last butterflies to be seen before winter sets in
 

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