Brimstone

Wingspan 54-64 mm. One of the earliest butterflies of the year. Flies from March to October. Overwinters as an adult among dense branches and leaves. Emerges in March and gives rise to a new generationgeneration A butterfly flies in 2 generations when the year’s first newly emerged adults (1st generation) bring a new “brood” (“children”) capable of flight into the world in the same year. With 3 generations there are “grandchildren” as well in the same year. The number of generations determines in how many months of the year we can see the butterfly.×, which flies from July to October before going into hibernation. Roams around the plantation and the summer houses – especially in sunshine. In early spring it visits Dandelions, and later in the year Thistles and the Buddleias in the gardens. The eggs are laid on Alder Buckthorn and Buckthorn.