Stage, early May 2024 in GermanyGermanyGermany

  • early May: Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)
    GermanyGermanyGermanyGermany /PicturesNA/Misc/check_edc401.png rare
    Brandenburg /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Berlin /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Bremen /PicturesNA/Misc/minus_2f2f2f.png extinct
    Baden-Württemberg /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Bavaria /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Hesse /PicturesNA/Misc/check_ce0705.png very rare
    Hamburg /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Mecklenburg-Vorpommern /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Lower Saxony /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    North Rhine-Westphalia /PicturesNA/Misc/check_ce0705.png very rare
    Rhineland-Palatinate /PicturesNA/Misc/check_edc401.png rare
    Schleswig-Holstein /PicturesNA/Misc/check_edc401.png rare
    Saarland /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Saxony /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Saxony Anhalt /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Thuringia /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
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Distelfalter (Vanessa cardui) am Gamsberg-Pass in Namibia

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/PicturesNA/ButterflyLogos/vanessa_cardui_logo_36_26.pngPainted LadyVanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)Cynthia carduiCosmopolitanPainted Lady

Distelfalter (Vanessa cardui) am Gamsberg-Pass in Namibia

Beim Befahren des Gamsberg-Passes sah ich nur hier und da ein paar Schmetterlinge in der ansonsten recht kargen Landsschaft. Dann aber standen neben der Straße einige Blütenpflanzen, deren wenige Blüten voller saugender Schmetterlinge waren. Der davon einzige mir aus Europa bekannte Schmetterling war der fotografierte Distelfalter.

Photograph: Ingo DanielsIngo Daniels; Gamsberg, Khomas, /PicturesNA/Flags/NA.pngNamibiaGamsberg, Khomas, /PicturesNA/Flags/NA.pngNamibiaKhomas, /PicturesNA/Flags/NA.pngNamibia/PicturesNA/Flags/NA.pngNamibia (5. April 2016, 05:02 PM)