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Red admiral. Photo: Miranda Hodgsonred admiral

vanessa atalanta

  • Wings dark brown
     
  • Distinctive red bands and white spots at front
     

Where found

Flowery banks and gardens where its larvae feed on nettles. Throughout British Isles, depending on migration.
 

When to look for

Look out for them in May.