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Red admiral (Vanessa atalanta)

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Red admiral egg on nettle leaf

© Kim Taylor / naturepl.com
Red admiral caterpillar

© John Woolmer / gettyimages.com
Red admiral caterpillar feeding on stinging nettle

© Patti Murray / Animals Animals
Red admiral larva with parasitic grubs emerging

© Mark Payne-Gill / naturepl.com
Red admiral caterpillar about to transform itself into a chrysalis

© Joël Bricout / Biosphoto
Red admiral pupating

© Joël Bricout / Biosphoto
Red admiral chrysalis

© Geoff Kidd / gettyimages.com
Nettle leaf containing pupating red admiral

© Joël Héras / Biosphoto
Red admiral ready to emerge from chrysalis

© Joël Bricout / Biosphoto
Red admiral emerging

© I. R. Beames / www.ardea.com
Newly emerged red admiral and pupal case

© Patti Murray / Animals Animals
Red admiral on nettle

© Alex Hyde / naturepl.com
Red admiral

© Hans Christoph Kappel / naturepl.com
Face of red admiral

© N. A. Callow
Red admiral

© David Element
Scanning electron micrograph of red admiral wing scales

© David Spears (Last Refuge) / www.ardea.com
Red admiral on a leaf

© lauriecampbell.com
Red admiral

© David Element
Red admiral in flight

© John Daniels / www.ardea.com
Red admiral in flight

© Stephen Dalton / www.photoshot.com
Red admiral in flight

© Joël Héras / Biosphoto
Red admiral feeding

© Hans Christoph Kappel / naturepl.com
Red admiral feeding on flower nectar

© Duncan Usher / www.ardea.com
Red admiral

© Joël Bricout / Biosphoto
Red admiral with proboscis extended feeding

© Donna Brunet / Animals Animals
Red admirals feeding

© Ian West / gettyimages.com
Red admiral

© Peter Entwistle / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Red admiral on flower, wings closed

© Rolf Nussbaumer / naturepl.com
Red admirals feeding on fruit

© Phil McLean / www.flpa-images.co.uk
Red admirals feeding on oak sap

© Stephen Dalton / naturepl.com

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