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Large White, (I hope)

Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 5:05 pm
by lurkalot
A couple of pics taken this morning.

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

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Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 7:18 pm
by Pete Eeles
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

Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 8:44 pm
by lurkalot
:oops: Thanks Pete, had a feeling I'd get it wrong. :lol:

Now I need to edit my post Title. :wink:

Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 9:06 pm
by eccles
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:

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Small white:

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Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:15 am
by Pete Eeles
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

Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 4:31 pm
by eccles
Yep, I see what you mean now. Thanks.