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Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) (lemmy.world)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47106266

Great Lakes region, USA. May 2026.

Another beautiful butterfly I saw yesterday.

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[–] troglodyte_mignon@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 2 points 1 month ago

I didn’t know the English name for this butterfly! It’s completely different from the French one. I wonder where the name comes from, it’s not an animal that I would spontaneously associate with the navy.