Alex Hyde / Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) feeding on rotten apple. Derbyshire, August.

Stephen Dalton / Red admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) shortly after taking off from Aster flowers, UK, sequence 1/4

Stephen Dalton / Red admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) on Buddleia flowers, UK

Silvia Reiche / Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta), Hoogeloon, Netherlands. Sequence 13 of 14

Mark Payne-Gill / Parasitic grubbs emerging from Red admiral butterfly larva {Vanessa atalanta} UK

Mark Payne-Gill / Red admiral butterfly feeding on ripe pears {Vanessa atalanta} England, UK, Europe

Rolf Nussbaumer / Red admiral butterfly {Vanessa atalanta} on Mexican hat flower, Texas, USA.

Heather Angel / Red admiral (Vanessa atalanta) nectaring on Ivy (Hedera helix). September.

Heather Angel / Red admiral (Vanessa atalanta) basking in sun, on Snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis). In garden, Surrey, England, UK. February.

Loic Poidevin / Red admiral (Vanessa atalanta) Vendee, France, October.

Nick Upton / Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) nectaring on Ivy flowers (Hedera helix) in a garden, Wiltshire, UK, October.

Stephen Dalton / Red admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) feeding on over-ripe blackberries, England, UK, September.