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| Author: | Roger Hebb [ Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:36 am ] |
| Post subject: | large yellow butterfly. |
hi, lately ive seen a large yellow butterfly twice,but only briefly,is this the brimstone,or a migrant butterfly,it looked bigger than brimstone,thou may be wrong. rog. |
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| Author: | Freddy Johnson [ Fri Sep 12, 2008 11:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: large yellow butterfly. |
Hi Roger, The only 'yellow' butterflies you'll see in the UK are Brimstone male fore-wing 26/30mm (the female Brimstone is a greenish- white) Clouded Yellow male fore-wing 23/27mm (the length of the fore-wing is measured from apex to point of attachment to thorax in millimetres). The Clouded Yellow is a migrant but is marginally smaller than the Brimstone and has wide black marginal borders. I think you will have seen the male Brimstone. Regards, Freddy |
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