Overwintering butterfly sitings (UK)

Simon Coombes simonc at captain.ndirect.co.uk
Wed May 5 07:37:18 EDT 1999


Hi

I saw quite a few Brimstones (Gonepteryx rhamni) over the weekend, but they
were notably absent from one good area I visited. Other hibernators seemed a
little low in numbers also, fresh emergence seemed about normal though,
perhaps a little late.

Simon

Simon Coombes

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----- Original Message -----
From: Martin Hough <mothman at vossnet.co.uk>
To: <leps-l at lists.yale.edu>
Sent: 05 May 1999 08:22
Subject: Overwintering butterfly sitings (UK)


> Does anyone share my suspicion that the cold two weeks in April in
Southern
> England seem to have wiped out most of the Brimstones (Gonepteryx rhamni)
> that overwintered? I've hardly seen one since.
>
> --
> Martin Hough
> Uxbridge, UK
> mothman at vossnet.co.uk
>


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