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Tuesday, 21 April 2015

Green-veined White Butterfly

The Green-veined White Butterfly (Pieris napi)
(Plus some supporting images below)

Its the first of this species I have seen this year.
A medium sized species around 50mm wing span that is one of the easiest of the Whites to identify.
Common throughout the UK, it will be present through to the end of September.




Peacock

Brimstone





Pair of Brimstone (Female left, Male right of image)

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22 comments:

  1. Margaret Birding For Pleasure21 April 2015 at 08:11

    Lovely shots.On Copeland at the weekend I saw G. veined, Small White and Peacock. Did I tell you I saw 1 Puffin, must be the first seen on the island (N.I)

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  2. Anonymous21 April 2015 at 08:46

    Superb images Roy. I especially like the pair of Brimmies. Got a shot of a male Orange Tip at home yesterday nectaring on cuckoo flower- much quicker than last spring when it took days and days of chasing after them in our local woods!

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    1. Roy Norris21 April 2015 at 19:41

      Thanks CT, haven't seen any Cuckoo flowers yet.

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  3. Midmarsh John21 April 2015 at 09:30

    Nice capture of the Brimstones in flight. Activity seems to have slowed down here after two frosty mornings.

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  4. Grosmontine21 April 2015 at 12:11

    More lovely butterflies to enjoy, you are certainly posting some beautiful images at the moment Roy :-)

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  5. Simon Douglas Thompson21 April 2015 at 13:20

    I can only ever identify green veined whites at rest. I suppose what I guessed was a large white today might have been one of these, but without a close look I've no idea

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  6. Wilma21 April 2015 at 14:48

    That final image is wonderful - I love how the light is shining through their wings!

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  7. Nathailes SANTA MARIA21 April 2015 at 21:49

    Un festival de papillons, très jolie série Roy.
    le Paon du jour est très beau !
    Bises :)

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  8. alp22 April 2015 at 07:36

    Estupendas imágenes..muy buenas...un saludo desde Murcia...

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  9. grammie g22 April 2015 at 22:52

    Hey Roy.. Your killing me here with these gorgeous flowers and butterflies photo's. That's okay my turn is coming for some butterflies and flowers not lovely like your shot's though!

    Grace

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    1. Roy Norris24 April 2015 at 11:25

      I look forward to all of your images then GG.{:))

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  10. Unknown23 April 2015 at 09:13

    Fabulous photos of the butterflies!

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  11. Helma26 April 2015 at 12:40

    Wonderful to see all these butterflies again: _)
    It also makes me very happy.
    I can not take pictures while the butterfly because I sit for weeks in a cast. Therefore, the fact that I can enjoy it with you from. I can shoot from the car birds;-)

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    1. Roy Norris26 April 2015 at 14:04

      Thanks Helma. Hope you get back out there again soon.

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  12. Mary1 May 2015 at 00:38

    Lovely! so many butterflies already! I love that last shot....outstanding.

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