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Please can someone confirm these as Large and Small?

Thanks

Hi Lawts.

Yes. A female Large and a male Small.

Kind regards. Mark

I find this post interesting.Over the recent years I have hardly seen any large whites,even in my garden where I grow brassicas.In early Spring those reported locally have usually been female Brimstones.This year a few have arrived around my cabbages which are netted to prevent intrusion.Coming over to Denmark this week on a family holiday,Large Whites abound.One realises how beautiful and graceful they are against the small whites.I think pesticide sprays both in the garden and on the fields have a lot to answer for.A new generation of deterrant sprays are required as are now appearing for use in the garden.
P.J.U.

Thanks for the replies. I live in Wetherby, north of Leeds and last weekend when I took these there was an explosion of whites in my garden and surrounding countryside. They were everywhere, and it seemed an even split from what I could tell between Large, Small and Green-veined.

P.J.Underwood wrote:I find this post interesting.Over the recent years I have hardly seen any large whites,even in my garden where I grow brassicas.

P.J.U. Down the road from you I have the most Whites that I have ever seen. Admittedly the Smalls outnumber the Large but they are all laying on my Horseradish which I normally cut back at this time of year because it flops over the path - it's not being trimmed this year.

Lawts wrote:Thanks for the replies. I live in Wetherby, north of Leeds and last weekend when I took these there was an explosion of whites in my garden and surrounding countryside. They were everywhere, and it seemed an even split from what I could tell between Large, Small and Green-veined.

Whites seem to have exploded practically everywhere. I've not seen them in such numbers for many years and, as you say, there are healthy numbers of all of them about.

I have to agree, more Whites about over the past few days than I have seen for years. Large, Small and Green-veined in roughly equal numbers overall, varying slightly by locality.

I remember last year making a comment when I managed to photograph all three 'common whites' on the same day. This year it has been easy, I could have done it numerous times in my garden recently.

Cheers,

Neil F.