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Red Admiral (Vaness atalanta)
wingspan: 5.6 - 6.2 cm;
male/ : black with red bands and
female white spots
larval
foodplant: common nettle
First sightings this year have all been on cotoneaster bushes. Not as common as I would have expected given all the millions of nettles about the site.
First sighting - July 2005
Highest yearly counts Frequency
2005(July) - 1
2006(July) - 20
2007(Aug) - 20
2008(Aug) - 8 Declining
2008 Sightings:
MAY w/e | JUNE w/e | | | | JULY w/e | | | | AUG. w/e | | | | | SEPT w/e | |
| 30th | 7th | 14th | 21st | 28th | 5th | 12th | 19th | 26th | 2nd. | 9th | 16th | 23rd | 30th | 6th | 13th |
1 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | | | 8 | 2 | 3 |
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2009 Sightings:
June w/e | July w/e | Aug w/e | | | | | | | |
27th | 25th | 1st | 8th | 15th | | | | | |
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | | | | | |
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