Uniquely identifiable characteristics
Distinguishing Feature :
The host plant (where it lays its eggs) of the Red Admiral are small clumps of Stinging Nettle as its main host, followed by the following plants as secondaries: Small Nettle, Hop, Pellitory-of-the-Wall and Eastern Pellitory-of-the-Wall , which all belong to the Nettle Family or in the case of Hop, to the Hop Fmily.
The nectar sources of Red Admiral are (in order of incidence): Butterfly-Bush , Ivy , Iceplant , Apple (the fruit), Michaelmas Daisy , Common Michaelmas Daisy , Confused Michaelmas Daisy , Red Valerian . Media Mahonia is amongst a great many relatively less important flower sources.
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