An insight into the life of Chiddingfold Wood's Wood White.. Part five...Wood Whites egg laying The females lay their eggs either in full sun or part sun/shade but never full shade, and can be found along the woodland rides and in small open pockets of grassland within the woods. The ovum are laid s...

Hi Mike,

excellent set of photos of some unusual behaviour. I have personally only seen this once. Like you, i had put a lot of sticks in a pot, [well over twenty] and ended up with two on a stick, close together. But unlike yours, mine did not pupate at the same time.

All the best, Nick.

Hi Buggy,

your Orange-tip larva is a 1st instar.

All the best Nick.

Hi Buggy,

Nice photos, especially the Speckled Wood ovum.

All the best, Nick.

Thanks for the input, appreciated. But female Wood Whites do have a rejection signal, rarely seen, but i have witnessed this behaviour and photographed/captured this on film so maybe you should, rethink your opinions on the mating rituals of this butterfly.

All the best, Nick.

Hi all, Pete wrote. Has anyone reading this ever seen a pairing following the "courtship" display? I asked the same question three years ago on this forum. I got two replies, one from Dave Millerd and one from Susie, who both stated that they had not seen this courtship end in mating. Vinc...

Hi Buggy and Wurzel, Thank you for your comments, as always appreciated. Buggy you should try and visit Chiddiingfold Wood if you can. I see you visit Boxhilll, another 30 min. drive will see you at this wood. If you do make the trip and need information on where to find the W.W., just ask. Wurzel, ...

Thank you all for you comments. Appreciated as always. As for the copyrights on my text, i know there are no rights to the text, but i thought i would still go ahead and write it. I'm not the only person to do this. You see most people can be trusted to do the right thing but, not everyone is honest...

An insight into the life of Chiddingfold Wood's Wood White. Part four...Courtship of the Wood White I wrote the following text [changed some wording] in my Personal Diary, [on this forum] nearly three years ago on Wednesday, March 7th 2012 about the courtship of the Wood White. [p] But are they actu...

Hi Goldie,

thank you for you kind comments, again. Appreciated. Make sure you do take me up on my offer. Might even see you there.

All the best, Nick.

An insight into the life of Chiddingfold Wood's Wood White. Part three... Roosting Wood Whites Wood Whites can be found roosting during the day in unsuitable flying conditions, as well as the normal time of early evening on a hot summers day. From a few metres high to as low as just a couple of mill...

Thank you Goldie and David for your comments, as always appreciated. Goldie i hope you do make it down to Chiddingfold Wood to see the Wood whites, brilliant little butterfly. If you send me a P.M. closer to the time of your visit, i will give you details of all the best sites within the wood. David...

Thanks Pete. Appreciated.

All the best, Nick.

Many thanks wurzel, David and Buggy for your kind comments. As always, appreciated. An insight into the life of Chiddingfold Wood's Wood White. Part two...Getting to know the Wood White continued. The male spending most of it's life hunting down females in which to mate, [as illustrated in the follo...

Hi Wurzel,

Lovely reports and photos but, that opened wing shot of the Grizzled Skipper deserves a round of applause. Excellent.

All the best, Nick.

An insight into the life of Chiddingfold Wood's Wood White. These are all my own observations, opinions and photographs of the Wood Whites within Chiddingfold Wood. All photographs are the sole copyright of Nick Broomer, and written permission must be obtained for the use of any of my photographs. P...

Hi Chris, thank you for your comments. Appreciated. As a particular colour being related to either male or female, is completely unfounded. The orange larva is the offspring of the 2nd brood Wood White, and can be either sex. The white larva i found as far as my research tells me is a fluke of natur...

Thank you Wurzel and Goldie for your generous comments. Appreciated. As some of you know the Wood White is one of my favourite butterflies and, one that i have been studying over the last few years. When the ovum is first laid it is white. 3.8.2013 318-1 Wood White ovum just laid, on Bitter Vetch_1....

Green-veined White...

Hi Mike,

Nice to hear from you again, i hope you and Cath are both well. And thank you for your kind comments. Appreciated.

All the best, Nick.