Butterflies

Trauermantel-Schmetterling
The mourning cloak: The Methuselah among butterflies! 👑🖤
It can live to be 11 months old! Read more...
Landkärtchen
The Map butterfly: Metamorphosis awaits in hibernation! 🗺️⏳
Summer or spring form? Read more...
Ampfer-Grünwidderchen
The sorrel-leaf moth: The shiny little thing on the ground! ✨🐛
As a caterpillar inconspicuous and hidden... Read more...
Russischer Bär (Schmetterling)
The Jersey Tiger: The densely hairy caterpillar that defies the cold! 🐛❄️
Densely covered in hair against the cold... Read more...
Der C-Falter: Das getarnte Blatt, das den Winter überlebt! 🍂🦋
The comma butterfly: The camouflaged leaf that survives the winter! 🍂🦋
The camouflaged leaf with the secret on the underside. Read more...
Tagpfauenauge (Schmetterling)
The peacock butterfly: The colourful overwinterer with the big eyes! 👀❄️
The colorful hibernator with the big eyes! Read more...
Der Admiral: Der Wanderfalter, der geblieben ist! 🌍✈️
The Red Admiral: The migratory butterfly that stayed! 🌍✈️
Formerly a migratory butterfly, today a winter resident! Read more...
Kleiner Fuchs (Schmetterling)
The Small Tortoiseshell: The secret subtenant in hibernation! 🦊🏠
The secret subtenant! Read more...
Puppe vom Aurorafalter
The orange-tip butterfly: Ten months of waiting for spring. 🧡⏳
Almost a year of pupal dormancy! Read more...
Raupe vom Grossen Ochsenauge
The Meadow Brown: The little blade-of-grass survivor. 🐛🌾
The little blade of grass survivor! Read more...
Zitronenfalter
The brimstone butterfly: Our yellow harbinger of spring defies the winter! 🍋❄️
The brimstone butterfly is the true master of cold resistance! Read more...
Puppe vom Schwalbenschwanz (Schmetterling)
The Swallowtail: The silent transformation in winter. 🤫🐛➡️🦋
The swallowtail butterfly undergoes diapause in a rigid girdle pupa. Read more...
Kaisermantel (Schmetterling)
The silver-washed fritillary: A tiny creature in hibernation. 🌲🐛
The overwintering tiny creature! Read more...
Schwalbenschwanz-Ei
Don't overdo it!
The female swallowtail butterflies are out and about, busily laying eggs on suitable host plants. The temptation is great to... Read more...
Zu früh ist zu früh
Too early is too early
Nature is awakening - but it is still too early for the butterflies. Overwintered pupae remain in their winter quarters... Read more...