{"id":25291,"date":"2020-04-23T10:43:27","date_gmt":"2020-04-23T08:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=25291"},"modified":"2020-06-01T17:47:36","modified_gmt":"2020-06-01T15:47:36","slug":"brimstone-butterfly-and-moth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=25291","title":{"rendered":"Brimstone butterfly and moth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Brimstone butterflies (sitronsommerfugl) have become much more common on the other side of the fjord in recent years and I saw one in the garden for the first time in 2009. I thought this would be a regular occurrence but it took another 11 years before the next one turned up yesterday feeding on lesser celandine (v\u00e5rk\u00e5l) in my forest garden.\u00a0<br \/>This reminded me that I&#8217;ve also recorded the brimstone moth (sitronm\u00e5ler) here, in my living room on 25th January 2014!<br \/>31st May 2020: A second one turned up, on Lunaria annua (honesty)<br \/><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-25292 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/P1950052-769x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"631\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/P1950052-769x1024.jpg 769w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/P1950052-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/P1950052-768x1022.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/P1950052-640x852.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/P1950052.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-25293 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/P1950047.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/P1950047.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/P1950047-274x300.jpg 274w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/P1950047-768x841.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/P1950047-640x701.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><br \/>Brimstone moth:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-25294 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/P1249665-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/P1249665-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/P1249665-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/P1249665-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/P1249665-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/P1249665-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/P1249665-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><br \/>31st May 2020: A second brimstone butterfly turned up, here on Lunaria annua (honesty):<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25650\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Brimstone-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Brimstone-2.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Brimstone-2-300x177.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Brimstone-2-768x452.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Brimstone-2-640x377.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brimstone butterflies (sitronsommerfugl) have become much more common on the other side of the fjord in recent years and I saw one in the garden for the first 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