Camberwell Beauty

The Camberwell Beauty Nymphalis antiopa is a rare and almost extinct butterfly in the Netherlands. In 1995 however, there was large invasion from the end of July till the end of September, almost exclusively in the northern part of the Netherlands involving nearly 1000 individuals.

Photograph by © myself on September 16th 1995.

Some individuals managed to winter in the Netherlands, but only a very few or none managed to breed a next generation.

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