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not sure of this one
Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 10:37 pm
by it344x
hello everyone,
Not sure what type this is - I found this resting in my shed in january - can anyone help identify this please?
![Image](http://s144930091.websitehome.co.uk/gifs/bugs/b1.jpg)
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many thanks
Martin
( http://www.mgnastro.org/wildlife.html )
Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 10:44 pm
by Dave McCormick
Thats a really cool pic! looks like a large white to me:
http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species. ... ge%20White
It might be a small white, but it looks more like a large white.
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 11:21 am
by eccles
I'd say it's a small white.
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 6:42 pm
by Padfield
I tentatively believe this is a small white too, because of the wing shape and the dark scaling beneath the cell of the hindwing. Responding to a recent posting by Dave I noted that small white has a fork in vein 7 of the forewing, a feature useful in distinguishing small white from southern small white where that species occurs, but I have since checked my own pictures and found that the large white has a similar fork, so that is not decisive here:
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/images2007/brassicaeapex.jpg)
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(Certified large white)
The real question is, however, is this: what was a small white (or a large white) doing resting in a shed in January?? Neither species hibernates. Was it a straggler from 2006 or a precocious individual from the 2007 season? I suspect the latter is more probable but I have never come across a small white before March (in the UK). Very interesting!!
Guy
Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 11:24 am
by it344x
27th of Jan to be precise.