Butterfly

I saw a brimstone butterfly today, from the car, while driving in Shrewsbury. This is one of our loveliest butterflies, whose sulphur yellow wings may well be the origin of the name "butter fly". I usually see them on bright sunny days in Spring, when they have newly emerged from hibernation; the one I saw today will have been one of this year's hatchlings, and will spend the next few weeks feeding up so as to be in good condition for the winter ahead.

Here it is on a first class stamp - nice to see our native butterflies celebrated in this fashion.