Not a great shot, but…

… it’s the first observation of a Red Admiral in Illinois in November at BugGuide.net.
(Plus, it was actually taken today; i.e., not a filler.)

» ID’ed at BugGuide as Vanessa atalanta or “Red Admiral”
» Species pages: [ BAMONA ] [ BugGuide ] [ UK Butterflies ]

Looking back
  1 year ago: “Pandemic Puzzle(s) #22 (at least)”
 2 years ago: “Before I throw it away #3”
 3 years ago: “A different sort of baby gift”
 4 years ago: “More autumn glory”
 5 years ago: No post
 6 years ago: “First decent dew-covered spider web”
 7 years ago: “Firecracker flower”
 8 years ago: “Long shadows … at only 4 p.m.!”
 9 years ago: “Gray Hairstreak”
10 years ago: “Playoff series format”

[ IMG_2954S8x10tm :: 60mm ]

[Jane Pittenger]

Gold and purple are lovely

[Esther Rosenberg]

Beautiful butterfly!

[Mags]

Still a pretty capture!