Stage, early August 2025 in GermanyGermanyGermany

  • early 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
    /PicturesNA/ButterflyLogos/Nymphalis_antiopa_logo_36_26.png
    Butterfly (aestivating)

Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa) attracted by a UV lamp

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Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa) attracted by a UV lamp

Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)Camberwell BeautyNymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)Mourning CloakCamberwell Beauty

Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa) attracted by a UV lamp

Robert Petschar was actually looking for butterflies in the Bangser Ried at the Austria/Switzerland/Liechtenstein-triangle as part of a night excursion when this Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa) was surprisingly attracted by the UV light.

Photograph: Robert PetscharRobert Petschar; Vorarlberg, /PicturesNA/Flags/AT.pngAustriaVorarlberg, /PicturesNA/Flags/AT.pngAustria/PicturesNA/Flags/AT.pngAustria (6. September 2013, 08:55 PM)

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