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Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus 1758)

Red Admiral

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Scientific Name Vanessa atalanta
Location North Carolina Sandhills, USA
Comments Vanessa_atalantaPCCA20070701-4218A
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Behavior This very fresh Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta, was taking salts from a gravel road in the North Carolina Sandhills. It was flighty until the sun started to set, then allowed close approach.
Source Red Admiral taking salts from gravel road
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2007 Patrick Coin
Scientific Name Vanessa atalanta
Location Money Creek Township; McLean County, Illinois, USA
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Red Admiral
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2007 Tim
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Tree of Life Web Project. 2009. Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus 1758). Red Admiral. Version 21 April 2009 (temporary). http://tolweb.org/Vanessa_atalanta/77113/2009.04.21 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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