Red Admiral

Vanessa atalanta butterfly / moth

36 documented plant relationships, 2 of them as a specialist with no alternative.

sips nectar at

Bee Balm (Wild Bergamot)Monarda fistulosawildflower · Jul-AugBlack-eyed SusanRudbeckia hirtawildflower · July–SeptemberCanada GoldenrodSolidago canadensiswildflower · August–SeptemberChokecherryPrunus virginianashrub · May–JuneCommon SunflowerHelianthus annuuswildflower · July–SeptemberDewberryRubus pubescensgroundcover · JuneEvening PrimroseOenothera bienniswildflower · July–SeptemberFireweedChamaenerion angustifoliumwildflower · July-AugustFlat-topped GoldenrodEuthamia graminifoliawildflower · August-SeptemberFlat-topped White AsterDoellingeria umbellatawildflower · August–SeptemberGiant HyssopAgastache foeniculumwildflower · July–SeptemberGolden TickseedCoreopsis tinctoriawildflower · July-SeptemberGumweedGrindelia squarrosawildflower · July-SeptemberJoe-Pye WeedEutrochium maculatumwildflower · July–SeptemberMarsh MarigoldCaltha palustriswildflower · May–JuneMeadowsweetSpiraea albashrub · July–AugustNanking CherryPrunus tomentosashrub · Apr-MayNorthern Black CurrantRibes hudsonianumshrub · May–JunePalmate-leaved ColtsfootPetasites frigidusherb · April-MayPhiladelphia FleabaneErigeron philadelphicuswildflower · May–JulyPink CorydalisCapnoides sempervirenswildflower · June-AugustPurple-stemmed Tall Aster (Swamp Aster)Symphyotrichum puniceumwildflower · August–SeptemberPussy WillowSalix discolorshrub · March–AprilRabbitbrushEricameria nauseosashrub · August-OctoberSelf-healPrunella vulgariswildflower · June–AugustSmooth AsterSymphyotrichum laevewildflower · August–OctoberSpreading DogbaneApocynum androsaemifoliumwildflower · June–AugustStinging NettleUrtica dioicaherb · June–AugustWestern SnowberrySymphoricarpos occidentalisshrub · June–JulyWild BergamotMonarda fistulosawildflower · July–AugustWild Black CurrantRibes americanumshrub · Apr-MayWild ChivesAllium schoenoprasumwildflower · June–JulyWillow AsterSymphyotrichum lanceolatumwildflower · Aug-OctYarrowAchillea millefoliumwildflower · June–August

lays eggs on

Slender Nettle ★Urtica gracilisherb · Jun-AugStinging Nettle ★Urtica dioicaherb · June–August