Vanessa atalanta
         
Red Admiral  
Le Vulcain  
           
 
 
   
1] male of Vanessa atalanta - Haute Garonne (France) - 15/04/2021   2] Alpes maritimes alt.1700m (France) - 15/08/2013  
       
       
   
3] other specimen  -  Alpes maritimes alt.1700m (France)  -  15/08/2013   4] male alt.2250m - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 17/07/2020
 
 
       
       
   
5] male licking some sap from an Oak tree - Haute Garonne (France) - 15/04/2021   6] male - Alpes maritimes alt.1700m (France) - 15/08/2013
 
 
       
       
   
7] female of Vanessa atalanta - Var (France) - 05/11/2012   8] Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 17/08/2014  
       
       
 
9] several males licking some sap from an Oak tree - Haute Garonne (France) - 15/04/2021  
       
       
   
10] female laying on Urtica dioica - Haute Garonne (France) - 11/04/2020   11] female laying on Urtica dioica - Doubs (France) - 09/08/2009
 
 
       
       
   
12] eggs freshly laid on Urtica dioica  -  Var (France) - 07/12/2014   13] egg laid on Urtica dioica - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 18/07/2013  
       
       
   
14] close-up of an egg laid by the female from picture 11]   15] other view of the egg from picture 14]  
       
       
   
16] shelter of a caterpillar on Urtica dioica - Doubs (France) - 09/08/2009   17] view of the larva after opening the shelter from picture 16]
 
 
       
       
   
18] other view of the larva from picture 16]   19] shelter on Urtica dioica - Haute Garonne (France) - 17/07/2012  
       
       
   
20] caterpillar (dark form) - Doubs (France) -  27/08/2009   21] caterpillar (dark form) - Doubs (France) - 09/08/2009  
       
       
   
22] caterpillar (bright form) - Doubs (France) - 25/08/2009   23] same larva as 22]  
       
       
   
24] a caterpillar shelter on Parietaria officinalis - Var (France) - 16/11/2014   25] view of the caterpillar in the shelter shown in 24]
 
 
       
       
   
26] mature caterpillar on Parietaria officinalis - Alpes maritimes (France) - 06/06/2016   27] same larva as 26]
 
 
       
       
   
28] mature caterpillar on Parietaria officinalis - Alpes maritimes (France) - 05/06/2016   29] mature caterpillar on Parietaria officinalis - Var (France) - 10/01/2015  
       
       
   
30] caterpillar feeding on Urtica dioica - Var (France) - 23/11/2014   31] same larva as 30]  
       
       
   
32]  chrysalis - Var (France) - 23/11/2014   33] same chrysalis as 32]  
       
       
   
34] chrysalis - Doubs (France) - 31/08/2009   35] same chrysalis as 34]  
       
       
   
36] other view of the chrysalis from picture 34]   37] chrysalis - Haute Garonne (France) - 01/06/2020  
       
       
       
       
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