Red Admirals used to be restricted to an annual immigrant population, and were a lot less common than they are now. These days, our milder winters allow both adults and the caterpillars to survive. This battered warrior obviously managed to overwinter here...
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| Red Admiral |
I saw a much less tatty individual a bit later. It had probably overwintered as a caterpillar and had emerged from a pupa in the past few days or so.
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| Red Admiral |
The wild garlic was in spectacular flower this year...
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| Wild Garlic (also known as Ramsons), Mays Wood... |
