Stage, Mid October 2025 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-Vorpommern /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) in the Kottenforst

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

Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychloros) in the Kottenforst

Parts of Bonn's Kottenforst are now unmanaged again. This morning I was amazed at how many butterflies could be found on just a few dozen metres of forest path. In addition to Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychloros), there were also: Purple Emperor (Apatura iris), Lesser Purple Emperor (Apatura ilia), White Admiral (Limenitis camilla), Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta), Comma (Polygonia c-album), Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia), Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria), Green-veined White (Pieris napi) and Large skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus).

Photograph: Ingo DanielsIngo Daniels; Bonn, /PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermanyBonn, /PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermany/PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermany (21. June 2020, 10:52 AM)

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