Species Cards

Brimstone Butterfly

Gonepteryx rhamni

Group:

Animal, Invertebrate (minibeast)

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Food chain :

Herbivore

What it eats :

Nectar. Caterpillars eat leaves of buckthorn.

Eaten by:

Spiders

Habitat:

WoodlandWoodland

Description:

A sulphur-yellow butterfly. It hibernates over winter, usually in ivy, and is often the first butterfly you see in spring.


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