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Tag Archives: red admiral
Red Admirals are Migrating
Red admirals are among the few species of butterflies that have a two-way migration. In Iowa this year we had huge numbers of this butterfly early in the summer, then their numbers went way down. Friday I saw six in … Continue reading
Getting Some Sap
This spring red admiral butterflies were very common. Now, not so much. But this individual was taking sap from a tiny crack in the bark of a bush in our yard today.
Finding Rare Butterflies
Right now in Iowa we have an opportunity to find some of the rare butterflies if we know where to look. I will show you one way. This is a common milkweed plant. Milkweeds are highly attractive to butterflies of … Continue reading
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Tagged banded hairstreak, butterflies, coral hairstreak, milkweed, red admiral
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Drying Out
We had a lot of rain this morning–about an inch and a half. Then the sun came out and it started to dry off. I found this red admiral basking in the sun, deep in the weeds. Almost dry, but … Continue reading
Another Red Admiral
We have had three nights where the temperatures dipped to around freezing. I found frost on my windshield on only one morning. Red admirals continue to make their presence known. The ones found in the spring are significantly smaller than … Continue reading
Missing Summer
I was missing summer a little bit–especially the opportunities to take photographs of insects. So I went through some of the photos I took this summer. Here is a red admiral. The photo was taken July 27, 2011. Six weeks … Continue reading
Dog and Butterfly: Photography
With apologies to Heart for using the name of one of their famous albums–this post is about how my dog interferes with butterfly photography. This is Mackie. He runs ahead of me when I walk and pees in my path. He rolls … Continue reading
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Tagged dog and butterfly, dogs, meadow fritillary, photography, red admiral
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More on Butterflies
It seems to me that we separate ourselves from nature. We live in climate-controlled houses that protect us from heat, cold, rain, and wind. The air in our houses is conditioned and filtered, which keeps out bugs. Those of us … Continue reading
Red admirals
Late in the evenings red admirals, Vanessa atalanta, are very active. They find a perch high on a sunny tree or on the side of a building and challenge anything that flies by them. If that happens to be another red admiral … Continue reading
