From caterpillar to butterfly

Development and hatching of Small Tortoiseshell

sm_klei_fuchsN1143 Caterpillar of Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae), a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
sm_klei_fuchsN1126 Caterpillar of Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae), a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
sm_klei_fuchsN1144 Caterpillar of Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae), a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
sm_klei_fuchsN1128 Caterpillar of Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae), a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family, ready to pupate, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
sm_klei_fuchsN1129 Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae), a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family, about pupating, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
sm_klei_fuchsN1130 Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae), a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family, about pupating, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
sm_klei_fuchsN1131 Pupa of Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae), a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
sm_klei_fuchsN1132 Pupa of Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae), a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
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sm_klei_fuchsN1135 Hatching of Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae), a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
sm_klei_fuchsN1136 Hatching of Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae), a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
sm_klei_fuchsN1145 Hatching of Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae), a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
sm_klei_fuchsN1140 Hatching of Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae), a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
sm_klei_fuchsN1141 Hatching of Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae), a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
sm_klei_fuchsN1133 Hatching of Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae), a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
sm_klei_fuchsN1138 New hatched Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae), a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family, close to its exuvia, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
sm_klei_fuchsN1139 New hatched Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae), a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family, close to its exuvia, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
sm_klei_fuchsN1137 Exuvia of Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae), a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
sm_klei_fuchsN1142 New hatched Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae), a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family, close to its exuvia, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland

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Contact email: ulrikefischer@bluewin.ch