Red Admiral

Vanessa atalanta

 Genus Vanessa
Subfamily True Brushfoots
Family Brushfooted Butterflies
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Occurrence   Statewide - migrant
Abundance "Variably uncommon to abundant; maximum 90,000"
Flight Period March 30 - December 5 (mainly late April to early October)
Notes 1990 and 2001 were huge flight years in the Northeast
Overwintering (Migrant)
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Red Admiral

Photo by Fred Goodwin - 9/5/2002
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary

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Red Admiral

Photo by Fred Goodwin - 9/5/2002
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary

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Red Admiral

Photo by Mike Walker - 6/29/2002
At Hodges Village Dam, Oxford

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Red Admiral

Photo © Marj Rines - 7/20/2001

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Red Admiral

Photo © Marj Rines - 7/17/2000
Dunback Meadow Conservation Area, Lexington

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Red Admiral

Photo by Frank Model - 9/11/2006
Northampton Community Gardens

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Red Admiral

Photo by Frank Model - 8/31/2006
Northampton Community Gardens

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