{"id":17657,"date":"2012-07-18T22:50:50","date_gmt":"2012-07-18T20:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/red-admiral-vanessa-atalanta\/"},"modified":"2012-11-15T15:37:09","modified_gmt":"2012-11-15T14:37:09","slug":"red-admiral-vanessa-atalanta","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/insects\/red-admiral-vanessa-atalanta\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) is a well-known colourful butterfly, found in temperate Europe, Asia and North America. The Red Admiral has a two-inch (45 &#8211; 50 mm) wing span. The species is resident only in warmer areas, but migrates north in spring, and sometimes again in autumn. The caterpillar feeds on nettles, and the adult drinks from flowering plants like the Buddleia and overripe fruit.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-103-17657\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-592\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/red-admiral-vanessa-atalanta\/red-admiral-vanessa-atalanta-4.jpg\" title=\"Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/red-admiral-vanessa-atalanta\/thumbs\/thumbs_red-admiral-vanessa-atalanta-4.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-591\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/red-admiral-vanessa-atalanta\/red-admiral-vanessa-atalanta-3.jpg\" title=\"Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/red-admiral-vanessa-atalanta\/thumbs\/thumbs_red-admiral-vanessa-atalanta-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-590\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/red-admiral-vanessa-atalanta\/red-admiral-2.jpg\" title=\"Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) at Brow Head, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) at Brow Head, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Red-Admiral-\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/red-admiral-vanessa-atalanta\/thumbs\/thumbs_red-admiral-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Red-Admiral-<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-589\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/red-admiral-vanessa-atalanta\/red-admiral-1.jpg\" title=\"Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) at Brow Head, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) at Brow Head, Co. 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