Stage, Mid October 2026 in GermanyGermanyGermany

  • Mid October: Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)
    GermanyGermanyGermanyGermany /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_edc401.png rare, hibernating
    Brandenburg /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_008d03.png common, hibernating
    Berlin /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_008d03.png common, hibernating
    Bremen /PicturesNA/Misc/minus_2f2f2f.png extinct
    Baden-Württemberg /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_008d03.png common, hibernating
    Bavaria /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_008d03.png common, hibernating
    Hesse /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_ce0705.png very rare, hibernating
    Hamburg /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_008d03.png common, hibernating
    Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_008d03.png common, hibernating
    Lower Saxony /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_008d03.png common, hibernating
    North Rhine-Westphalia /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_ce0705.png very rare, hibernating
    Rhineland-Palatinate /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_edc401.png rare, hibernating
    Schleswig-Holstein /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_edc401.png rare, hibernating
    Saarland /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_008d03.png common, hibernating
    Saxony /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_008d03.png common, hibernating
    Saxony Anhalt /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_008d03.png common, hibernating
    Thuringia /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_008d03.png common, hibernating
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    Butterfly (hibernating)

Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychloros) in the Kottenforst

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Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychloros)Large TortoiseshellNymphalis polychloros (Linnaeus, 1758)Large Tortoiseshell

Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychloros) in the Kottenforst

I was very surprised when I saw a Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychloros) for the first time in Bonn in spring 2014. Two specimens were doing their rounds at the foot of a willow tree and repeatedly sat down to sunbathe on the gravel path or the dried vegetation of the previous year. The Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychloros) is the closest relative of the Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa).

Photograph: Ingo DanielsIngo Daniels; Bonn, /PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermanyBonn, /PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermany/PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermany (20. March 2014, 02:20 PM)

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