Large White, (I hope)

lurkalot · Post by **lurkalot** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 5:05 pm

A couple of pics taken this morning.

I hope I'm right in saying it's a Small White.

Post by **Pete Eeles** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 7:18 pm

Almost! I believe these shots are of a Large White.

The relative size of the body to the wing is what I'm basing this on, together with the darkness of the black markings and the wing shape.

Cheers,

- Pete

lurkalot · Post by **lurkalot** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 8:44 pm

Thanks Pete, had a feeling I'd get it wrong.

Now I need to edit my post Title.

eccles · Post by **eccles** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 9:06 pm

How do the wing shapes differ? Here's two that I took. The relative sizes of the butterflies were quite conclusive, or I thought so at the time when I took the shots.

Large white:

Small white:

Post by **Pete Eeles** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:15 am

eccles wrote:How do the wing shapes differ?

I believe that the Small White wings are slightly "stubbier". Take a Large White wing and squash it (not literally though!).

Cheers,

- Pete

eccles · Post by **eccles** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:31 pm

Yep, I see what you mean now. Thanks.