Rondeau Ric

Red admiral butterfly up close and personal. Rondeau Provincial Park, July 23, 2023 Vanessa atalanta Butterflies can commonly be seen wicking near muddy puddles of water. Red Admirals are also known to drink tree sap and even wick from dung. Butterflies that live in more northern latitudes migrate to the Southern states, like Texas, to avoid a loss of food resources in the winter.

Red Admiral butterfly, up close and personal. Rondeau Provincial Park, July 8, 2023. Vanessa atalanta There are more than just red admirals in the Nymphalidae family. The western U.S. has the Weidemeyer's admiral (Limentis weidemeyerii); the white admiral (Limentis arthemis) lives in North America, Great Britain, Eurasia and Japan; the Indian red admiral (Vanessa indica) is found in the Canary Islands and India