It had been a foggy morning and now that the sun is shining, the garden is soggy and sparkling with beads of water. Although I've had, and still have, a lot of bees and hoverflies in my garden I don't have as many butterflies visiting as I would like. My garden has been visited by quite a few Speckled Wood butterflies and the occasional white one, but today I have had the honour of a rather ragged Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) turning up. It alighted on an equally ragged Champagne Moment rose and stayed quite a while fanning and drying its wings in the sunlight before my camera lens got too close and it cleared off!
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| Red Admiral butterfly on Champagne Moment rose |
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| Red Admiral butterfly on Champagne Moment rose |
I always thought that butterflies only lived for days but apparently they can live a year or so in warmer climates, but do not surviving freezing winters.
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| Red Admiral butterfly on Champagne Moment rose |