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Green-veined White


Green-veined White
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Copyright: Gert Paassen (Gert-Paassen) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1206 W: 2 N: 4555] (13780)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-07-15
Categories: Insects
Exposure: f/16, 1/800 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-09-10 21:08
Viewed: 247
Points: 38
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [Dutch]
Today an butterfly picture taken on the Veluwe.
I don't know of the specia have the correct name.
I am not a specialist of insects.
So Ihave many pictures been shot from very much species like mamals, flowers, insects and fungi on my second holoiday.
I hope you like this one also.

Latin name - Pieris napi

Widespread across Europe and Asia, including the Indian subcontinent. Some authors consider the Mustard White of North America to be conspecific with napi. 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, Cuckooflower Cardamine pratense, 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. The caterpillar is green and well camouflaged. It is often found feeding on the same plant as the Orange Tip but never competes for food because it only feeds on the leaves whereas the Orange Tip caterpillar feeds on the flowers and developing seed pods. Like other Pieris spp. it overwinters as a pupa. It can produce up to three broods in a year.

Recent research has shown that when males mate with a female, they inject methyl salicylate along with their sperm. The smell of this compound repels other males, thus ensuring the first male's paternity of the eggs—a form of chemical mate guarding.

The adult male of this species has a distinctive lemon smell.
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Hi Gert, beautiful macro capture with wonderful details, nice composiyion and colours...
Özgür

Hello Gert,

Isn't it wonderful how they hang so acrobatically on the flowers whilst they feed!
A fine close-up, nicely detailed for colour and texture and with a good dof to create a bokeh beyond the sharp image.

Kind regards,
Bev :-)

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  • joska Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 406 W: 0 N: 1011] (5434)
  • [2009-09-11 0:58]

Very good photo!

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  • cloud Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 297 W: 71 N: 758] (4689)
  • [2009-09-11 1:33]

Hello Gert,
This time we are almost neigbours. Even species which we show are very similar. Yours is composed very well, nice view.
Regards, Pawel

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  • Ishi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 162 W: 0 N: 972] (3716)
  • [2009-09-11 1:56]

Hi Gert,

Nice combinations of colors, and very good details. Nice work!

Ishi

Hi Big Bro,

An excellent macro capture of a green-veined white from lateral POV with nice details and sharpness.
TFS and have a nice WE!
Cheers,

Bayram

Excellent capture Gert, sharp, nice colors and light, great POV and DOF, well blured BG,
TFS and best ragards,
Nikos.

Gert,
Wonderful colors, great flower,POV and BG very good.
Horia

hello Gert

excellent and very beautiful photo with the fine POV
at the level of the subjects, superb focus to the
foreground with great sharpness and details,
beautifully blurred background, i love the hard light of
the image and the excellent density of the colour tones,

TFS

Asbed

Hello Gert,

A lovely macro shot with beautiful coloration, sharpness & details. Very nice POV, pose & BG.

TFS & regards

Umar

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2386 W: 94 N: 5517] (17564)
  • [2009-09-11 6:40]

Hallo Gert,
Prachtige foto van dit witje. Schitterende contrasterende kleuren tegen de donkere achtergrond en erg scherp allemaal. Uitstekende compositie.
Goed weekend,
Peter

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  • nglen Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2908 W: 34 N: 8623] (32138)
  • [2009-09-11 9:26]

Hi Gert. A fine side view of this butterfly. Taken with fine detail and natural colours. A good pose on the flower. It stands out so well from the plain green BG. well done TFS.
Nick..

Have a good weekend.

Gert
Lovely natural colored capture!!!
BG,POV great1
Good job1
Mariana

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3813 W: 190 N: 11346] (34981)
  • [2009-09-11 12:40]

Hello Gert,
Nice capture of a Pieris napi taken with excellent sharpness and light management. The contrast against the natural green Bg and the composition with the thistle flowers is great.
Thanks for this and for your kind words on my 600th posting!
Have a good weekend,
Ivan

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  • john1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 65 W: 0 N: 85] (356)
  • [2009-09-11 12:50]

Hello Gert,

Excellent macro of the small white I think.
Great details and colors, good sharpness and composition.
good job.
Have a good week end.
John

Hello Gert,
Pieris napi or P. pseudorapae very beautiful White, with plain white wings and green veins. you greatly captured it on purple flower against green BG. sharp focus, POV and composition great. white-balance also wonderful. thanks for sharing this beauty
have a nice weekend
Ahmet

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  • lousat Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1978 W: 6 N: 5527] (19673)
  • [2009-09-11 15:17]

Hi Gert,a very professional pic.Beautiful composition from the best point of view as possible to show the Pieris,impressive sharpness and very natural colors.My best compliments,have a nice weekend,Luciano.

Hello Gert
you made a beautiful shot of this Gren-veined White
excellent pose and sharp details, the colors are superb
great contrast with green BG
Have a great WE
Jacqueline

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2493 W: 11 N: 6885] (21912)
  • [2009-09-11 16:55]

Hi Gert,

Beautiful! Both the butterfly and the flower are wonderful. This green-veined white has a marvelous simple beauty and you have captured him with perfect colors and details. The background and setting are exquisite with the butterfly jumping off the screen.

Jane

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