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and you think you've had a bad day... This Red-Spotted Purple brush-foot was spotted in Stone Mountain Park. Although his wings are seriously damaged, he was still easily flying about Brush-footed butterfly. red-spotted purple,Geotagged,Limenitis arthemis,Summer,United States,White Admiral or Red-spotted Purple,butterfly Click/tap to enlarge

and you think you've had a bad day...

This Red-Spotted Purple brush-foot was spotted in Stone Mountain Park. Although his wings are seriously damaged, he was still easily flying about

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    Claire Hamilton
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    Quite remarkable how they can still fly with such tatty wings. Poor thing, that really was a bad day! Posted 8 years ago

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The Red-spotted purple

"Limenitis arthemis," the red-spotted purple or white admiral, is a North American butterfly species in the cosmopolitan genus "Limenitis". It has been studied for its evolution of mimicry, and for the several stable hybrid wing patterns within this nominal species; it is one of the most dramatic examples of hybridization between non-mimetic and mimetic populations.

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Species identified by denniruz
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Uploaded Jul 30, 2017. Captured Jul 29, 2017 09:38 in Songbird Habitat Field Trail, Stone Mountain, GA 30087, USA.
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  • NIKON D300
  • f/6.3
  • 1/250s
  • ISO400
  • 500mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.