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Green-veined White


Green-veined White
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Copyright: Catherine Dijon (CatherineD) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 431 W: 15 N: 1870] (6743)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-05-01
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon EOS 40 D, Sigma 70-300 4-5.6 APO DG MACRO
Exposure: f/14.0, 1/250 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-05-01 12:26
Viewed: 440
Points: 32
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
The Green-veined White (Pieris napi) is a butterfly of the Pieridae family.
Widespread across Europe, Asia including the Indian subcontinent and North America, it is found in meadows, hedgerows and woodland glades but not as often in gardens and parks like its close relatives the Large and Small Whites, for which it is often mistaken. Like other "white" butterflies, the sexes differ. The female has two spots on each forewing, the male only one. The veins on wings of the female are usually more heavily marked. The underside hindwings are pale yellow with the veins highlighted by black scales giving a greenish tint, hence Green-veined White! Unlike these two butterflies it rarely chooses garden cabbages to lay its eggs on, preferring wild crucifers.
The eggs are laid singularly on a wide range of foodplants including Hedge mustard (Sisybrium officinale), Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata), like here, Cuckooflower (Cardamine pretense), Water-cress (Rorippa nastutium-aquaticum), Charlock (Sinapis arvensis), Large bitter-cress (Cardamine amara, wild cabbage (Brassica oleracea) and wild Radish (Raphanus raphanistrum) and so it is rarely a pest in gardens. (Wikipedia)
The adults fly in three generation a year: from mid April till the beginning of June, and the second and third generations overlapping from early July till mid September. (Lepidoptera of Belgium)
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La piéride du navet ou piéride des crucifères (Pieris napi)est un insecte lépidoptère de la famille des Pieridae.
Largement répandue à travers l’Europe, l’Asie et l’Amérique du Nord, elle se rencontre dans les prés, en lisière des bois mais relativement peu dans les jardins et les parcs, contrairement aux deux autres piérides blanches, avec lesquels elle est souvent confondue. La face inférieure des ailes est souvent teintées de jaune et nervurée de gris ou de vert, ce qui lui a donné son nom anglais (Green-veined White). C’est le moyen le plus facile de la distinguer. Cette piéride préfère les crucifères sauvages aux cultivés, notamment l’Alliaire pétiolée (Alliaria petiolata) sur cette photo.
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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2924 W: 34 N: 8671] (32310)
  • [2009-05-01 12:29]

Hi Catherine. I have a few days away from my work so i hope to be able to get out with the camera and fine some butteflies like yours.This is a fine close up wit hgood detail and rich colours. I like the pov/dof/. We can see the wing markings well done TFS.
Nick..

Have a nice weekend.

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  • eng55 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1161 W: 32 N: 1196] (3668)
  • [2009-05-01 13:10]

Hi Catherine,
Excellent macro work.POV,lighting,details,exposure and sharpness are excellent.
Thanks for posting..

Ciao Catherine, beautiful Pieris napi with fantastic light and splendid sharpness, wonderful details, very well done, have a good week end, ciao Silvio

Hi Catherine,

Great shot with good sharp details and lovely colors
i like your POV, DOF and BG too

TFS Thijs

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  • lousat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1978 W: 6 N: 5527] (19673)
  • [2009-05-01 14:23]

Salut Catherine,vraiment magnifique cette Napi,en particulier les ailes sont tres riches de couleurs,pas seulement blanches comme d'habitude.Une photo parfaite sous tous les point de vue,mes plus gros compliments pour l'excellente capture,bon Samedi,Luciano

Hi Catherine,

A really beautiful capture of this butterfly with excellent colors, details & sharpness. Excellently well done. TFS.

Regards

Umar

Hola Catherine,
una interesante saturación del color y un buen enfoque a esta bella y clásica Pieris que nunca nos cansamos de fotografiar. Buena luz y encuadre.

Un saludo: Josep Ignasi.

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  • nagraj Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 570 W: 94 N: 1198] (4904)
  • [2009-05-01 18:25]

hi,
lovely composition, good colors and details, one of your best, i think. tfs.
nagraj.v

Excellent shot, Catherine, very sharp, perfectly framed and beautifully presented!
Cheers!
Goldy

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  • Luis52 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1110 W: 5 N: 3457] (12761)
  • [2009-05-01 21:18]

Hola Catherine.
WOW. So sharp, so beautiful. Excellent and fine Macro. Lovely colors .
Luis52.

hello Catherine
beautiful composition,through the difficult monotony of yellow nuances a perfect macro
TFS
Nasos

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  • zetu Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 657 W: 15 N: 1636] (6365)
  • [2009-05-01 23:21]

Hello Catherine
Nice shot, sharp details and wonderful colors.
Regards
Razvan

Hi Catherine,
A nice capture of this beautiful green veined white. Sharp details and a lovely composition. Thanks a lot for sharing.

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  • anel Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1731 W: 0 N: 3942] (15822)
  • [2009-05-02 7:24]

Bonsoir Catherine,
Joli petit tableau tout en finesse pour nous présenter la piéride du navet perché sur une fleur sauvage. J'aime bien la tonalité verte/blanche de ton image. Bon cadrage aussi.
Bonne soirée
Amicalement
Anne

bonjour Catherine
superbe photo de ce pieride du navet, les couleurs sont fantastiques et j'aime également les magifiques details du papion, de la fleur et du petit in secte sous la feuille
Je te souhaite un bon dimanche
Jacqueline

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2411 W: 94 N: 5569] (17712)
  • [2009-05-05 0:26]

Hello Catherine,
Very beautiful photo in wonderful natural colours and very sharp details. Great matching BG. Perfect POV and a good DOF.
Regards,
Peter

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