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Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758)

A regular migrant in Belgium, which can survive the winter there.

The larva lives on Urtica and Parietaria.

The adults have been observed almost all year round.


Belgium, Antwerpen, Malle, 29 August 2005.
(Photo © Maarten Jacobs)
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