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The Living Forest (69) : Red Admiral

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Mark Billiau.

Premium (World), region Antwerp, Belgium

The Living Forest (69) : Red Admiral

Mostly we see pictures of butterflies feeding on flowers, but I spotted this colourful specimen while he was sunbathing on the warm stony flanks of a deserted quarry in the middle of the forest.

The Red Admiral is living in temperate Europe, Asia and North America.
The species is known to hibernate, but in southern Europe it sometimes flies on a sunny winter day !

Dutch name : Atalanta (syn. Admiraalsvlinder)
German name : Admiral
Latin name : Vanessa atalanta

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aline64 17/09/2012 11:27
un beau shoot de ce vulcain
amicalement
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s. sabine krause 11/10/2010 9:28
i've seen them do the same thing: we have a great big boulder by the fence in our backyard. during the recent golden october days that was where they sat and rested after having fed on the asters and dahlias. a great time to take pictures of them these days – they seem much slower than in high summer, although some of them have frayed wings and don't look so bright and pretty anymore. life has taken a toll on their delicate little bodies, i guess ; )). love how yours here is throwing a dainty little shadow with his antennae! lg, sabine.
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Gunther Hasler 12/09/2009 19:27
Auch am Boden kommt er gut zur Geltung der schöne Admiral!
Wenn er hier bleibt, wird er wohl leider erfrieren, aber noch ist es Zeit sich auf den Weg in den warmen Süden zu machen...
LG Gunther
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Comy 08/09/2009 6:47
nice... very nice shot...
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Ayse Nalan Yasin 07/09/2009 6:27
Excellent shot Mark.. Great details and beautiful colours
Greetings
Ayse
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Ryszard Basta 06/09/2009 21:17
bewundernswert
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Josef Kainz 06/09/2009 20:43
Klasse ein tolles Makro
lg. josef
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† Ushie Farkas 06/09/2009 19:44
Brillant , Mark !!All my compliments for you! Salut Ushie
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Pascal Viyer 06/09/2009 19:03
gorgeous capture
amitié
p^v
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Heinz Janovsky 06/09/2009 18:15
Prächtig in Schärfe und Farben.
Gruß Heinz
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j.a.j.jansen m. 06/09/2009 18:09
A very nice capture with good details, well done.
Jan.
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Deryck 06/09/2009 17:14
This is a stunning looking butterfly. I like his name too. Very beautiful and fitting
Well captured shot Mark
Deryck
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archiek 06/09/2009 17:01
Very nicely taken in good focus and light. A very pretty specimen.
ARchie

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Vitória Castelo Santos 06/09/2009 16:21
! ! ! WUNDERSCHÖN ! ! !
LG VItoria

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Die Mohnblumen 06/09/2009 14:24
Hallo Mark,
diesen Falter hast Du knackscharf festgehalten.
Ein klasse Tierportrait.
Grüße Heike
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