Stage, Mid August 2025 in GermanyGermanyGermany

  • Mid August: Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)
    GermanyGermanyGermanyGermany /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_edc401.png rare, aestivating
    Brandenburg /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_008d03.png common, aestivating
    Berlin /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_008d03.png common, aestivating
    Bremen /PicturesNA/Misc/minus_2f2f2f.png extinct
    Baden-Württemberg /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_008d03.png common, aestivating
    Bavaria /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_008d03.png common, aestivating
    Hesse /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_ce0705.png very rare, aestivating
    Hamburg /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_008d03.png common, aestivating
    Mecklenburg-Vorpommern /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_008d03.png common, aestivating
    Lower Saxony /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_008d03.png common, aestivating
    North Rhine-Westphalia /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_ce0705.png very rare, aestivating
    Rhineland-Palatinate /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_edc401.png rare, aestivating
    Schleswig-Holstein /PicturesNA/Misc/check_edc401.png rare
    Saarland /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_008d03.png common, aestivating
    Saxony /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_008d03.png common, aestivating
    Saxony Anhalt /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_008d03.png common, aestivating
    Thuringia /PicturesNA/Misc/umbrella_16_16_008d03.png common, aestivating
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    Butterfly (aestivating)

Freshly laid egg clutch of an Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) on the Rodderberg

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Freshly laid egg clutch of an Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) on the Rodderberg

Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae (Linnaeus, 1758)Nymphalis urticaeSmall Tortoiseshell

Freshly laid egg clutch of an Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) on the Rodderberg

Right at the edge of the path I saw an Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) "inspecting" the upper parts of several Nettle Family (Urticaceae). After a few minutes, the female butterfly had made up her mind and began to lay her eggs, which took about 10 minutes.

Photograph: Ingo DanielsIngo Daniels; Bonn, /PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermanyBonn, /PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermany/PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermany (19. June 2021, 10:39 AM)

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