Brimstone Butterfly   ( New )
Taken at Leighton Moss on 23rd March 2022 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File

Brimstone Butterfly.
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Local names: 		Gonepteryx rhamni.
Lepidoptera.
Pieridae.
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 		Only on Alder Buckthorn and Common Buckthorn.
Mainly Knapweed  and Scabious .
Up to 6 cms.
Wetlands, overwintering in woodlands.
June - September.