#greenveinedwhite — Public Fediverse posts

Three #butterfly sightings this morning, all quite close together near the centre of #KingsLynn.
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Three #butterfly sightings this morning, all quite close together near the centre of #KingsLynn.
#photography #nature #insects #butterflies #OrangeTip #EuropeanPeacock #GreenVeinedWhite

For my 1st sighting of Green-veined Whites this year I took a walk from the garden down the lane - behold! I spot a mating pair on the ground.
Female Green-veined Whites mate with several males to increase the number of her eggs. Male Green-veined Whites transfer sperm but also nutrients the female can use to increase egg production & may transfer 15-25% of their body mass to females during mating.
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Last year a Green-Veined White, Pieris napi, pupa appeared next to the lock on my main door, so all winter I had to be very careful when I was fitting my key into the lock, especially at night. This spring the butterfly didn't emerge despite, as the image shows, the pupa having wing and antennae bumps. So I feel simultaneously blessed by its presence and sad it died before taking flight. I think it was attracted to my garden by Ladies Smock aka Blodyn y Gog the "county flower" of Brycheiniog. Also named L: Cardamine pratensis, E: Cuckooflower, C: Ffedog y Forwyn, C South: Blodyn Llaeth and C North: Blodyn Llefrith, and because "cuckoo stockings" is as adorable as foxgloves C: Hosanau'r Gog.

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