Stage, Mid May 2026 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–Western Pomerania /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–Western Pomerania /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
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Young caterpillar of a Brown Hairstreak (Thecla betulae) on a Blackthorns (Prunus spinosa) branch in Bonn-Kessenich

Brown Hairstreak (Thecla betulae)Brown HairstreakThecla betulae (Linnaeus, 1758)Brown Hairstreak

Young caterpillar of a Brown Hairstreak (Thecla betulae) on a Blackthorns (Prunus spinosa) branch in Bonn-Kessenich

After finding a few eggs of a Brown Hairstreak (Thecla betulae) on a Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) branch in our garden over the past few years, I searched the Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) for caterpillars in the spring of 2026. To my surprise, after searching for about two minutes, I found a young caterpillar at a height of about 1.50 meters.

Photograph: Ingo DanielsIngo Daniels; Bonn, /PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermanyBonn, /PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermany/PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermany (10. May 2026, 05:49 PM)