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Gaillardia & Small White (120)
Alex99
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2991 W: 148 N: 4435]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (14369) | I wish to end my two different series by this shot. One of them is dedicated to broken Sigma lens (see my previous five pictures) and second one was dedicated to beautiful Gaillardia and its charming visitors:
The flower and its visitors
The flower and its visitors II
Gaillardia & Galathea
Keep out! All is mine!.
I think that time the flower was visited by Small White.
The Small White (Pieris rapae) is a small to mid-sized butterfly species of the Yellows-and-Whites family Pieridae. It is also commonly known as the Small Cabbage White. The names "Cabbage Butterfly" and "Cabbage White" can also refer to the Large White.
It is widespread across Europe, North Africa and Asia and has also been accidentally introduced to North America, Australia and New Zealand where they have become pests on cultivated cabbages and other mustard family crops.
In appearance it looks like a smaller version of the Large White. The upperside is creamy white with black tips to the forewings. Females also have two black spots in the center of the forewings. Its underwings are yellowish with black speckles. It is sometimes mistaken for a moth due to its plain-looking appearance...
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Small White
Small White (Pieris rapae)
About Gaillardia see:
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