red admiral

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an insect – a kind of butterfly – dark brown with red/orange, white and black patterns (design) – bands of red/orange bands in the middle of the fore (front) wings and at the edge of the back wings, 3 large black spots and 2 rows of white spots on the edge of fore (front) wings, two antennae; size: in terms of wing span – the width of the wings from tip to tip when completely spread – 2-3 inches; feeds on (eats) as a caterpillar, leaves, and, as an adult, juices from flowers and ripe fruit, sucking up the juice with its spring-like proboscis; lives for 3 weeks as an adult (or more); found in most parts of the world