Stage, early March 2025 in GermanyGermanyGermany

  • early March: Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)
    GermanyGermanyGermanyGermany /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_edc401.png rare, hibernating
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    Berlin /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_008d03.png common, hibernating
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An Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa) on the photographer's hand

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An Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa) on the photographer's hand

As I stood sweating in the midday sun trying to spot butterflies, a Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa) flew around me and sat on my slung photo bag. I took my first photos with the digital camera and then slowly held out my hand to him. It climbed onto it and scanned it with its proboscis for several minutes.

Photograph: Stefan HöhnelStefan Höhnel; Glashütte, Saxony, /PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermanyGlashütte, Saxony, /PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermanySaxony, /PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermany/PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermany (4. August 2010, 12:40 PM)