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Red Admiral

Vanessa atalanta

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Field Notes

Description:

Found this butterfly hanging upside down on a tree branch by a drying small lake but didn't succeed to see it with open wings.

Habitat:

By a small lake with small tree species

Species ID Suggestions

Red Admiral

Vanessa atalanta

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JimmyE
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Comments (6)
Jopy
I don't know, never find and read anything about it..
FaredinAliyevski
Thanks, yea the blues love bein upside down but have no idea why, do you know? Had not seen the bigger butterflies hanging before.
Jopy
very nice! it's very interesting why butterflies hanging upside down, especially Lycaenidae...on all my pictures blues are hanging! :D

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Scandinavian's Biodiversity
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European Butterflies and Moths
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PublishedAugust 6, 2013

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