Stage, Mid May 2025 in GermanyGermanyGermany

  • Mid May: Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)
    GermanyGermanyGermanyGermany /PicturesNA/Misc/check_edc401.png rare
    Brandenburg /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Berlin /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Bremen /PicturesNA/Misc/minus_2f2f2f.png extinct
    Baden-Württemberg /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Bavaria /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Hesse /PicturesNA/Misc/check_ce0705.png very rare
    Hamburg /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Mecklenburg-Vorpommern /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Lower Saxony /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    North Rhine-Westphalia /PicturesNA/Misc/check_ce0705.png very rare
    Rhineland-Palatinate /PicturesNA/Misc/check_edc401.png rare
    Schleswig-Holstein /PicturesNA/Misc/spacer_16_16.gif not present
    Saarland /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Saxony /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Saxony Anhalt /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Thuringia /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    /PicturesNA/StageLogos/Egg_logo_36_26.png
    Egg
  • Mid May: Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)
    GermanyGermanyGermanyGermany /PicturesNA/Misc/check_edc401.png rare
    Brandenburg /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Berlin /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Bremen /PicturesNA/Misc/minus_2f2f2f.png extinct
    Baden-Württemberg /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Bavaria /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Hesse /PicturesNA/Misc/check_ce0705.png very rare
    Hamburg /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Mecklenburg-Vorpommern /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Lower Saxony /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    North Rhine-Westphalia /PicturesNA/Misc/check_ce0705.png very rare
    Rhineland-Palatinate /PicturesNA/Misc/check_edc401.png rare
    Schleswig-Holstein /PicturesNA/Misc/check_edc401.png rare
    Saarland /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Saxony /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Saxony Anhalt /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Thuringia /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    /PicturesNA/ButterflyLogos/Nymphalis_antiopa_logo_36_26.png
    Butterfly

Caterpillar of a Purple Hairstreak (Favonius quercus) on a Nettle Family (Urticaceae) (!) in the Kottenforst

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Caterpillar of a Purple Hairstreak (Favonius quercus) on a Nettle Family (Urticaceae) (!) in the Kottenforst

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Purple Hairstreak (Favonius quercus)Purple HairstreakFavonius quercus (Linnaeus, 1758)Neozephyrus quercusPurple Hairstreak

Caterpillar of a Purple Hairstreak (Favonius quercus) on a Nettle Family (Urticaceae) (!) in the Kottenforst

I found the caterpillar of a Purple Hairstreak (Favonius quercus) on a Nettle Family (Urticaceae) standing under a Oak (Quercus). The caterpillar had probably fallen down.

Photograph: Ingo DanielsIngo Daniels; Bonn, /PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermanyBonn, /PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermany/PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermany (21. May 2023, 06:31 PM)