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White flowers with White Butterfly


White flowers with White Butterfly
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Copyright: Luis Limchiu (sle2006) Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 41 W: 0 N: 69] (567)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-06
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon 300D REBEL, 75-300mm
Exposure: f/13.0, 1/250 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-07-21 7:14
Viewed: 886
Points: 10
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This could be a cabbage white as note by the dark spot of the upper wing but I could be wrong. Any here is something I got abiut white butterfly.
Spring no sooner peeks around an April cloud than the cabbage butterflies are on the wing, searching out broccoli and cabbage starts, nectaring on dandelions and Luminaria flowers. Actually, cabbage butterflies are not much of a pest at all compared with cabbage root maggots. So I prefer to think of them as an ideal study population for home-bound entomologists. There are lots of them, they fly right in your yard, they have a really long season, and they have qualities as interesting as more exotic insects. They are not native, but from Europe, and compete with our native white, Pieris marginalis (formerly napi), to its detriment. All the more reason to take specimens for study!

The sex of cabbage butterflies can be readily determined. In addition to the dark spot at the outer "corner" of the forewing, upper (dorsal) side, females have two dark spots mid-wing, one above the other; males have only one. So right away you can study the proportion of females versus males over the season. There is also a tendency for early individuals to have much lighter markings than later ones, which adds interest and makes it harder to separate light cabbage butterflies from our native veined white, P. marginalis, which flies in suburban areas with good tree cover.


In veined whites, the wing tip is unmarked, and the veins are sometimes lined in black (hence the common name). The dark vein scales may be lacking, says Pyle, in the summer, and, says Christensen, in "later broods," but in my experience unmarked individuals are seen early in the season. Veined whites can also show dark sex spots (2 in females, 1 in males) but the male spot is often absent.

source:http://crawford.tardigrade.net/bugs/BugofMonth01.html
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Nice shot Luis
I Like the POV and the black BG but your shot isn't so clear.
TFS and see you

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  • manyee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3065 W: 231 N: 6160] (21048)
  • [2006-07-21 18:03]

I love the subtle jade green on the wings.
The mixture of backlit green and opaque white really makes me think of jade. You also caught a perfect curl of the proboscis. Nice composition and sharp details. TFS. ; )

Excellent shot, the image is fabulous...
I also like the lighting and composition...

Hi Luis

Have been out of range for internet connection over the last few days. Been in a remote area of New Zealand called The Catlins, so now it is time for me to catch up on what has been happening.

Excellent shot. Well done on everything here. Thanks. -)

Hello Luis,
beautiful natural shot - good sharpness and colorful. Very nice composition and great details. Natural colors. Well done and TFS!
Gr.
Heinz

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