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Canary Red Admiral

Vanessa vulcania

Description:

Vanessa vulcania is an species present in the Canary and Madeira Islands where is endemic, flying in all islands except desertic lanzarote and Fuerteventura.

Habitat:

Its main habitat are humid closed valleys, popularly known as "barrancos" where they can find their larval hostplant, some species of Urtica , this year seems to be very positive because is fairly common.

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1 Comment

Debbie Stewart
Debbie Stewart 11 years ago

Beautiful spotting Pablo

Vega de San Mateo, Canarias, Spain

Spotted on Mar 8, 2013
Submitted on Mar 30, 2013

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