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Red Admiral Butterfly

Vanessa atalanta

Photo by TamLar
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Field Notes

Description:

Dark adult butterfly resting on a Purple Coneflower plant.

Habitat:

Sighted in an central Illinois urban school's butterfly garden which was created as part of the schools science curriculum. This sight had a high population and variety of butterflies in the past.

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Vanessa atalanta

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