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Colias croceus
This butterfly is a very strong, powerful migratory species. Large numbers will stream north each year from the breeding grounds of the permanent populations in Southern Europe, where they feed and breed on clover and Lucerne and similar plants.
Clover fields an chalk downs in the south of England
This was a solitary specimen that seemed to still be heading northwards. The Clouded Yellow is unlikely to survive a winter in the UK as they can't tolerate temperatures below 5 degrees C
Spotted on Sep 15, 2012
Submitted on Nov 20, 2012
1 Comment
beautiful!