Stage, early August 2025 in GermanyGermanyGermany

  • early August: Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)
    GermanyGermanyGermanyGermany /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_edc401.png rare, aestivating
    Brandenburg /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_008d03.png common, aestivating
    Berlin /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_008d03.png common, aestivating
    Bremen /PicturesNA/Misc/minus_2f2f2f.png extinct
    Baden-Württemberg /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_008d03.png common, aestivating
    Bavaria /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_008d03.png common, aestivating
    Hesse /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_ce0705.png very rare, aestivating
    Hamburg /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_008d03.png common, aestivating
    Mecklenburg-Vorpommern /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_008d03.png common, aestivating
    Lower Saxony /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_008d03.png common, aestivating
    North Rhine-Westphalia /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_ce0705.png very rare, aestivating
    Rhineland-Palatinate /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_edc401.png rare, aestivating
    Schleswig-Holstein /PicturesNA/Misc/check_edc401.png rare
    Saarland /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_008d03.png common, aestivating
    Saxony /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_008d03.png common, aestivating
    Saxony Anhalt /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_008d03.png common, aestivating
    Thuringia /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_008d03.png common, aestivating
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    Butterfly (aestivating)
Habitat of Camberwell Beauty's (Nymphalis antiopa)

Habitat of Camberwell Beauty's (Nymphalis antiopa)

An Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa) was chasing another much smaller butterfly at high speed shortly before the photo was taken. The two butterflies flew about 3 metres above the river. The climate inside the gorge is cold and damp, and warm and damp in open areas such as the bridge photographed. The slopes of the gorge are exposed to the north/south at this point. A Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychloros) was also sighted not far away.

Photograph: Ingo DanielsIngo Daniels; Caramanico Terme, Abruzzen, Pescara, /PicturesNA/Flags/it.pngItalyCaramanico Terme, Abruzzen, Pescara, /PicturesNA/Flags/it.pngItalyAbruzzen, Pescara, /PicturesNA/Flags/it.pngItalyPescara, /PicturesNA/Flags/it.pngItaly/PicturesNA/Flags/it.pngItaly (10. May 2008)