We have just finished the inaugural Transylvania Butterfly Tour with Mariposa Nature Tours. This tour was designed to see the rare Danube Clouded Yellow. We had a great time and the weather was also very cooperative. Not only we managed to find several Danube Clouded Yellows but we also had Violet Copper, Woodland Brown, the rare Spinose Skipper, a really early Poplar Admiral and many many Large Coppers and both Scarce and Marsh Fritillaries. A wonderful butterfly tour topped with great sightings of Brown Bears from our hides in Hargita and some wonderful scenery and home-made food.

Male and female Danube Clouded Yellows in flight. Image by Janos Olah

The rare Spinose Skipper – Muschampia cribrellum in Transylvania. Image by Janos Olah
A fresh Poplar Admiral in Transylvania on the 21st May 2024. Image by Janos Olah