Stage, early December 2024 in GermanyGermanyGermany

  • early December: 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-Vorpommern /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
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    Butterfly (hibernating)

Distelfalter (Vanessa cardui) am Gamsberg-Pass in Namibia

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/PicturesNA/ButterflyLogos/vanessa_cardui_logo_36_26.pngPainted LadyVanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)Cynthia carduiCosmopolitanPainted Lady

Distelfalter (Vanessa cardui) am Gamsberg-Pass in Namibia

Beim Befahren des Gamsberg-Passes sah ich nur hier und da ein paar Schmetterlinge in der ansonsten recht kargen Landsschaft. Dann aber standen neben der Straße einige Blütenpflanzen, deren wenige Blüten voller saugender Schmetterlinge waren. Der davon einzige mir aus Europa bekannte Schmetterling war der fotografierte Distelfalter.

Photograph: Ingo DanielsIngo Daniels; Gamsberg, Khomas, /PicturesNA/Flags/NA.pngNamibiaGamsberg, Khomas, /PicturesNA/Flags/NA.pngNamibiaKhomas, /PicturesNA/Flags/NA.pngNamibia/PicturesNA/Flags/NA.pngNamibia (5. April 2016, 05:02 PM)