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Brimstone butterfly

Gonepteryx rhamni

Description:

Bright yellow butterfly with spots on the wings. Yellow body with red eyes and antennae.

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4 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

Neither me, but I have seen flying toasters...

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 12 years ago

Can this go in mimics? I've never seen a flying cabbage before.

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

Wonderful spotting!
Please, add this one and all your other butterfly and moths shots from Europe into the group:
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8574...
Would be nice contributions!

Elsa
Elsa 12 years ago

Added a few more photos to this one..

Elsa
Spotted by
Elsa

Weinheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Spotted on Jul 3, 2011
Submitted on Jul 8, 2011

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