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
    /PicturesNA/ButterflyLogos/Nymphalis_antiopa_logo_36_26.png
    Butterfly (hibernating)

Oberthür's Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus armoricanus) in the Messdorfer Feld

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Oberthür's Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus armoricanus) in the Messdorfer Feld

Oberthür's Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus armoricanus)Oberthür's Grizzled SkipperPyrgus armoricanus (Oberthür, 1910)Oberthür's Grizzled Skipper

Oberthür's Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus armoricanus) in the Messdorfer Feld

This was the first time I’d spotted one of these in Bonn. Unfortunately, I only managed to take this one photograph, as the butterfly was flitting about very nimble.

Photograph: Ingo DanielsIngo Daniels; Bonn, /PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermanyBonn, /PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermany/PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermany (26. August 2026, 04:14 PM)

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