Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Red Admiral on Purple Coneflower.  Red Admiral larvae feed on nettles.  We have many nettles and therefore most years we have a large number of these at our place.  Due to a very cold and wet spring our numbers are down significantly.  The spring hatch of Red Admirals are often about 1/2 inch smaller than the later hatches but this year they are all small in size.