red admiral

Widespread and common all over the British Isles and Europe, this is mainly due to large migrations throughout the summer months. A resident mainly in the most southern parts of Europe around the Mediterranean. Flight Period (British Isles) Late May till November. On rare occasions can also be...

Great contrast with the blackberries

Beautiful underwing too

Sunbathing on the back gate

Thank you for your very nice comments on my picture of a linnet.Today , I am posting my first butterfly picture this year. Last year, my first butterfly picture was taken on exactly the same date in the same place but it was a peacock, not a red admiral.And this year , I used my bridge camera.

I guess there must have been some salts in the earthy canal path that this butterfly was enjoying. Can't think why else he was there.

My brother seemed to have quite a few different butterflies in the garden, and this Red Admiral was another one. Sadly I didn't manage a decent picture of them all.

He was on the fence at the bottom of my brother's garden. It seemed to be a favoured spot for butterflies, as there were often a few there when the sun was shining on it. TTTW

I've often wondered how they got the name.... they're not 'red' but mostly black with orange edges LOL Another one on the huge buddleia beside the canal. In dappled light, which affected the colours.

Along the canal is a bridge over a stream and it has a huge buddleia growing there. Most days I stopped to look and see what butterflies were attracted to it. I had varying degrees of success in getting pictures of them. This was the first one I managed to get, well it is rather big, isn't it LOL

doing what a lot of sailors do when they're on shore leave ... head to the nearest pub ;)

A Red Admiral in nice condition...

This Red Admiral appeared in the morning it was my first record of the year it Flew around the garden and was Interested in Some spoiled fruit which were on my fig tree which is where any Red Admirals or Comma,s are attracted to this time of the year it was a warm sunny day Ideal to see such...

This is the butterfly that dons the cover of my ID book.

Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta: Nymphalidae) Wingspan 4.4-6.4 cm (1.75 -2.50 in). Perched on Bastard Cabbage (Rapistrum rugosum: Brassicaceae) Mother Neff State Park, northwest of Temple in Coryell County, Texas, USA. Cedar elm-Ash Juniper-Texas Oak dominated Limestone hills above the Leon...

A rather large butterfly and the one that graces the cover of Kaufman's ID book for the eastern, U. S. A..

who reminded me of the fascinating and beautiful underneath of te Red Admiral.

Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta: Nymphalidae) Wingspan 4.4-6.4 cm (1.75 -2.50 in). It is always amazing at how conspicuous these butterflies are when their wings are open and yet even being a few feet away when they close their wings they just disappear. Salado Creek, Salado, Bell County, Texas...

Red Admiral on Lake Erie Island (Kelly's or South Bass), Ohio.