2026 February 1
A Third January Butterfly!
We already posted news of a Satyr Comma and a Milbert’s Tortoiseshell on January 19. Now Gordon has drawn our attention to a posting on another site of a Red Admiral on the following day, January 20. This may be seen at https://www.facebook.com/groups/176587492920781/search/?q=christa%20b%C3%BAho It was seen and posted by Christa Búho at Government House. Although Satyr Commas and Milbert’s Tortoiseshells are known to overwinter here in the adult stage, this is the first overwintering adult Red Admiral I have heard of (writes Jeremy Tatum). Most of them, I think, migrate south into warmer latitudes. Until recent years, all Red Admirals in the UK were believed also to migrate south, but, in recent years, there have been many records there of overwintering Red Admirals – either as adults or even as caterpillars.
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