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16-12-2009, 07:35 PM
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| | | 16/12/09 Red Admiral butterfly
when out today i came across a flying Red Admiral butterfly, since the day was quite wet and not that warm it was a strange sight |
16-12-2009, 08:07 PM
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| | | Re: 16/12/09 Red Admiral butterfly
They can be seen any month of the year, but given how cold it's been around London this morning + snow/rain this afternoon, I'm surprised one's being active at the moment. |
16-12-2009, 08:12 PM
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| | | Re: 16/12/09 Red Admiral butterfly
Perhaps the heating got turned on for the first time where it was hibernating and it woke up? |
16-12-2009, 10:22 PM
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| | | Re: 16/12/09 Red Admiral butterfly
no where near any heating source, it was in the middle of a wet woodland |
16-12-2009, 11:53 PM
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| | | Re: 16/12/09 Red Admiral butterfly
Evening Tom,
Nice sighting! I haven't seen an RA for a while now. Quote:
Originally Posted by tom00_uk  no where near any heating source, it was in the middle of a wet woodland | Woodland is generally a micro-habitat, and in some areas slightly warmer than open spaces for obvious reasons. Therefor you may incur more invertebrate activity in one than you would outsaway from there on a cold day. In this case though, I suspect it had been disturbed by a dog/walker - it may have been hibernating under foliage or leaf-litter.
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17-01-2010, 08:34 PM
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| | | Re: 16/12/09 Red Admiral butterfly
Saw a rather tatty specimen in my garden today 17/01/10
But this is in the 'extreme south' and we only had 5 mm of snow here. |
17-01-2010, 08:41 PM
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| | | Re: 16/12/09 Red Admiral butterfly
A Red Admiral in the New Forest today.Rather mild ,it got up to 10c.  |
17-01-2010, 10:12 PM
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| | | Re: 16/12/09 Red Admiral butterfly
I was surprised to spot a Red Admiral in my garden this smorning too, aw it was lovely.
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