| Re: Brimstone
Brimstones are one of our longest lived butterflies, like Peacock + usually have 1 generation a year. The new adults usually emerge mid July- August, feed up on nectar + go into hibernation quite early on + don't breed until the spring. I guess yours today was probably a new individual slightly on the early side.
They regularly live 10 months or so as an adult, though severl of these months is usually spent in an inactive diapause. |