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"Large White" and Lavender flowers


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Copyright: Paras Bhalla (parasbhalla) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 317 W: 0 N: 815] (3190)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-09-20
Categories: Insects
Camera: Sony Cybershot DSC P150
Exposure: f/5.2, 1/250 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-09-25 1:36
Viewed: 259
Points: 28
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General Information on "Large White" butterfly from WiKiPedia:

The Large White, also called Cabbage Butterfly or Cabbage White (Pieris brassicae), is a butterfly in the family Pieridae.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Pieridae
Subfamily: Pierinae
Tribe: Pierini
Genus: Pieris
Species: P. brassicae



Appearance, behaviour and distribution:

The Large White is common throughout Europe, North Africa and Asia to the Himalayas often in agricultural areas, meadows and parkland. It is a strong flier and the British population is reinforced in most years by migrations from the continent. Scattered reports of the Large White from the northeastern United States (New York, Rhode Island and Maine) over the past century are of a dubious nature and indicate either accidental transport or intentional release. Such introductions threaten to establish this agricultural pest in North America.

The wings are white, with black tips on the forewings of both males and females, the female also has two black spots on each forewing. The underside is a pale greenish and serves as excellent camouflage when at rest. The black markings are generally darker in the summer brood. Its wingspan is 5 to 6.5 cm.


Lifecycle and foodplants:

The female lays batches of 20 to 100 yellow eggs on plants in the cabbage family and can be a pest on food crops. They seem to have a preference for cultivated varieties of Brassica oleracea such as cabbage and brussels sprouts. The caterpillars are yellowish green with yellow lines and black spots and feed in groups in plain view on the leaf surface. They gain protection from predators by possessing distasteful chemicals. It has once been reported that these chemicals were mustard oils from glucosinolates in the foodplants, but this appears to be a myth since Pieris caterpillars actually suppress the formation of mustard oils (see glucosinolate). Despite their chemical defence, large numbers are sometimes lost to the parasitic wasps such as Apanteles glomeratus, whose females attack clusters of newly hatched caterpillars. The chrysalis is also yellowish pale green with black spots. The species over-winters as a chrysalis. It has two broods in a year, the first is on the wing in May and June and the second in August.

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  • joska Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 411 W: 0 N: 1022] (5516)
  • [2009-09-25 1:37]

Very nice blue Flower wit a nice yellow Butterfly!Happy weekend!

Slav Paras,
A good macro of this Large white on the blue flower.The sharpness and colors are very nice.Perfect POV.Thanks for sharing.
Regards,

Dûrzan

Merhaba Üstat dostum Paras,

A great capture of this large white perched on a levander flowers from nice POV with great DOF creating a 3-D effect. Amazing and well presented...
TFS and have a nice WE MF!
Cheers,

Bayram

Ciao Paras. Bravo a tenere la luce. Ottimi colori e trasparenze. Gradevole compo frutto di un giusto POV:

Roberto

Ciao Paras, wlwgant butterfly on a beautiful flower, fantastic macro with splendid colors, excellent sharpness and fine details, very well done, have a good week end, ciao Silvio

Wonderful shot of this large white Paras.
TFS and regards,
Bahadır

Paras
Lovely white-blue capture.
Great sharp details, lovely colors.
Horia

Soni lagdi ve mainu soni lagdi!
;)
What an awesome shot, Bro!
Khush kar diya Bhai!
Bravo!
Goldy

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  • siggi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1378 W: 56 N: 4747] (16330)
  • [2009-09-25 10:28]

Hello Paras,
Beautiful butterfly. Good composition. Soft colours. Sharp focus on the main subject, and nicely blurred BG. Great shot.
Thanks for sharing.
Best regards Siggi

hello Paras
very good sharpness and beautiful colours
great shot
greeting lou

Paras
Great white capture on the lovely blue flower.
Congratulation!
Mariana

hello paras,
nice to meet you here at TN, there was a time when i was quite active here but now its not that regular, nice capture, the butterflies and the flower makes a excellent opportunity for us and you have utilised it well, liked the colours and the composition very much,
well done,
tfs & regards
pankaj

thanks a lot for your critiues on my third anniversary picture.

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  • sela Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 45 W: 0 N: 39] (704)
  • [2009-09-27 2:38]

HI Paras, wonderful macro of the "Kohlweissling", very well composed and presented. The blue flower is a beautiful contrast.
Regards Rose

  • Great 
  • john1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 65 W: 0 N: 85] (356)
  • [2009-09-27 14:11]

Hi Paras,

Great and sharp details of the large white, very nice sharpenss.
Beautifull capture and perfect POV.
Wonderfull macro and composition.
Best regards.
john

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