Small or Green-veined white?

[A_T]

I have to admit to finding it difficult to differentiate between these two. In my defence both species seem to vary a lot! Here is the photograph - just to the left of the white can be seen a Brimstone moving in to attack

[Pete Eeles]

I believe that to be a female Small White.

Cheers,

- Pete

[Jack Harrison]

I PhotoShopped the brightness/contrast and it clearly is a Small White.

But what about that Brimstone left foreground casting the shadow on the white? It wasn’t mentioned in the previous posts.

Jack

[PhiliB]

Yes it was Jack - wipe the sleep from your eyes!

Phil

[A_T]

I PhotoShopped the brightness/contrast and it clearly is a Small White.

But what about that Brimstone left foreground casting the shadow on the white? It wasn’t mentioned in the previous posts.

Jack

He was a fierce little chap. Here's another one of him "having a go"

[Jack Harrison]

Phil said:

Yes it was Jack - wipe the sleep from your eyes!

Thanks a lot (a deliberately ambiguous response – take it whichever way you like!)

Incidentally at a recent village party, I was sounding off to a GPs wife what I thought about the NHS. She lost her cool and called me an “obnoxious little man” (and promptly apologised). While the adjective “obnoxious” didn’t cause much offence, I was quite surprised to be called “little”.

Jack