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Red Admiral

Vanessa atalanta

Photo by Palaimon
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Field Notes

Description:

The Red Admiral has a 45–50 mm (1.8–2.0 in) wing span. The species is resident only in warmer areas, but migrates north in spring, and sometimes again in autumn.

Habitat:

Found it near a small river, on a flower

Notes:

First Pictures with my new Nikon D 3100
I love this Pictures!!

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Comments (9)
Palaimon
@AshishNimkar, thanks for the information and thanks for your help @all thanks!!!!
HemaShah
@Palaimon, beautiful pictures and a beautiful spotting!! Welcome To project Noah! Thanks for sharing!
Ashish
Welcome..!! You not did wrong... just Binomial name left repeated with ID where it is not required.. so removed.
Palaimon
What? Sorry my english is too bad :-( I change the Name to Red Admiral and the Scientific Name is Vanessa atalanta What did i do wrong? Thanks for helping!
Ashish
Hmm.. But look now.. I removed Binomial name repeated in ID..!!
Ashish
Hi Please correct... ID- Red Admiral Scientific name- Vanessa atalanta

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PublishedOctober 15, 2011

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