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Fletcher Wildlife Garden | all galleries >> Previous FWG blogs >> 2014 Blogs >> FWG Blog: September 2014 > Red admiral cocoon (Vanessa atalanta)
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16-SEP-2014 Christine Hanrahan

Red admiral cocoon (Vanessa atalanta)

I spotted the mature caterpillar of this species on September 6th in nettle. It formed a chrysalis (cocoon) shortly thereafter, also in nettle, and as you can see in this photo, the butterfly is almost ready to emerge. The cocoon has darkened and if you look closely, you can see some orange wing patterns. It could likely emerge tomorrow.

Panasonic LUMIX FZ200
1/60s f/3.5 at 4.5mm iso160 full exif

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Ceya17-Sep-2014 16:58
Well seen and captured, Christine! Very interesting and beautiful find! V
Martin Lamoon17-Sep-2014 05:16
Wonderful find, I have never seen one in the 'Wild'
V
Guest 17-Sep-2014 04:20
Fascinating find. Well spotted and captured, Christine.
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