New York City in May has been populated with lots of Red Admiral butterflies. The Red Admiral in the photograph above was perched on a crabapple in Greenwich Village. The surge of Red Admirals was written about by Gothamist ( Red Admiral Butterflies Are Out And About! ), WNYC ( Butterflies Flutter Across the Region in Abundance ), the New York Times ( Insect Discoveries, Delightful and Disturbing ), and Baristanet (New Jersey) ( Butterflies Abound ).