Red Admiral

Vanessa atalanta, the red admiral or, previously, the red admirable, is a well-characterized, medium-sized butterfly with black wings, red/orange bands, and white spots. It has a wingspan of about 2 inches (5 cm). It is widely distributed across temperate regions of North Africa, the Americas, Europe, Asia, and the Caribbean, and is one of the more common butterflies in British gardens.

This example can be seen on a buddleia bush (commonly known as a butterfly bush).

Ian

[Lisa]

A beautiful close up

[gloria jones]

Wonderful, colorful capture

[Peter Dulis]

lovely

[carol white]

A beautiful close up capture.Fav😊

[Margaret Brown]

A lovely closeup

[Monica]

Beautiful macro

[bruni]

Nice details. the red Admiral is beautiful butterfly. fav.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

how lovely

[Judith Johnson]

Beautiful capture

[KWind]

Pretty close up.

[Babs]

Beautiful, he is posing perfectly for you.

[Kathy A]

Lovely photo

[leggzy]

Wonderful capture

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful shot. I like the angle of the capture.

[Kerry McCarthy]

So pretty!

[Nina Ganci]

brilliant, butterfly dancing on the flower
fav

[Fisher Family]

@365projectorglisa @seattlite @pdulis @carolmw @craftymeg @monicac @bruni @koalagardens @busylady @kwind @onewing @kjarn @leggzy @sangwann @mccarth1 @ninaganci

Thank you all for your lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated.

Sadly there are not so many butterflies around as we move into autumn, but it was nice to find there were still some around this bush.

Ian

[Bri]

A beautiful close-up

[william wooderson]

Truly, truly beautiful capture. You should send it to a wildlife magazine!

[Fisher Family]

@bybri @will_wooderson

Thank you both - I was quite pleased with this one!

Ian

[Vesna]

Wonderful image.

[Fisher Family]

@vesna0210

Thank you Vesna, I'm glad that you like it!

Ian