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) after hibernation in the Kottenforst

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Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychloros) after hibernation in the Kottenforst

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

Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychloros) after hibernation in the Kottenforst

In February 2021, it was unusually warm in Bonn for a few days after the icy cold. To my surprise, I saw a very tattered Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychloros) on a gravel path in the Kottenforst on 21 February. Unfortunately, I didn't have a camera with me that day. So I set off again two days later and - lo and behold - I came across another hibernating Large Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis polychloros) about 200 metres further on. However, it was another species in much better condition. Now equipped with a camera, I managed to take this photo. I also saw a Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) and some male Brimstones (Gonepteryx rhamni). There were no flowering plants yet.

Photograph: Ingo DanielsIngo Daniels; Bonn, /PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermanyBonn, /PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermany/PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermany (23. February 2021, 12:06 PM)

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