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Small or Green-veined white?

Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 10:09 am
by 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 :D

Re: Small or Green-veined white?

Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 10:11 am
by Pete Eeles
I believe that to be a female Small White.

Cheers,

- Pete

Re: Small or Green-veined white?

Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 10:46 am
by 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

Re: Small or Green-veined white?

Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 10:55 am
by PhiliB
Yes it was Jack - wipe the sleep from your eyes!

Phil

Re: Small or Green-veined white?

Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 11:18 am
by A_T
Jack Harrison wrote: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" :D

Re: Small or Green-veined white?

Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 11:52 am
by 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