Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) by Rob Farrow as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
Image: © Rob Farrow Taken: 24 Sep 2006
This Red Admiral butterfly was basking on the letter "C" of a sign outside the ruins of Dinton Castle. The sign was for the firm that had erected the scaffolding on the castle (see other photos). While this specimen stayed put for several minutes, its twin was restlessly fluttering around and alighting for only seconds at a time - I wonder why one was sedate and the other fidgety !
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Leaflet Map data © OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.796926
Longitude
-0.892093