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Egg of a Brown Hairtreak (Thecla betulae) on a Blackthorns (Prunus spinosa) branch in Bonn-Kessenich

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Brown Hairtreak (Thecla betulae)Brown HairtreakThecla betulae (Linnaeus, 1758)Brown Hairtreak

Egg of a Brown Hairtreak (Thecla betulae) on a Blackthorns (Prunus spinosa) branch in Bonn-Kessenich

I only saw a Brown Hairtreak (Thecla betulae) in our garden in the Bonn city area twice in a period of 18 years. Because there were no food plants for the caterpillar in the garden or in the neighbourhood, I decided to plant a Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa). After this had reached a height of around 2.50 metres in 2023, I searched the branches for the conspicuous white eggs of the Brown Hairtreak's (Thecla betulae) the following winter. After a short search, I was surprised to find them! Two of the tiny eggs were found on the Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) at a height of about 1.60 metres. In 2025 I found two more eggs on the same branch as the year before.

Photograph: Ingo DanielsIngo Daniels; Bonn, /PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermanyBonn, /PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermany/PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermany (23. February 2025, 09:26 AM)