The first half of June is a bad period to look for butterflies in the northern half of Europe, with the spring generations gone and the summerbutterflies not started yet. The map shows the number of butterflies per 1000m on transects and 15min counts in Europe (www.butterfly-monitoring.net).

Really fresh Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) butterfly in the garden late morning.
Typically, couldn't get anywhere near it, and had a macro lens on the camera at the time. 🙄
Seems to like our everlasting sweet peas though.
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