Written by mjcreighton on 2014-10-04
Spotlight on Brimstone – the butter fly
Natural HistoryThis is the first in an occasional series of notes on one of the sightings which has been added to the records page of this web-site. And this first is about the Brimstone Butterfly (Gonepteryx rhamni), seen on 1st October in Bitterne. We all associate butterflies with the spring and summer, but many species can