Small White
Large White
'Cabbage White' or Large White butterflies lay their eggs on Cabbages, the caterpillars are conspicuous and feed exposed on the outer leaves. There are normally two generations of the butterfly in Britain each year- from April to June and again from July to September. The second generation have darker markings.
As the name suggests, the Small White butterfly is a smaller version of the Large White butterfly and, because they share a food plant and fly in the same places at similar times, they are often confused with each other. Apart from the difference in size, the Large White has broader wings, on which the markings are usually more clearly pronounced.
The Orange Tip is a colourful symbol of spring time. It is usually found between early May and June along roadsides, ditches and rough pastures where its foodplants grow. The butterflies each live for about 18 days, with only one generation a year.
Although often thought to be a garden pest that ruins Cabbages, this common butterfly is blameless; only wild relatives in the Cabbage family are its caterpillars' foodplants. It may be seen in gardens taking nectar from radish flowers, but it does not breed in the cabbage patch.
Orange-Tip
Green-veined White
Pieridae- Whites and Yellows
The British Pieridae family consists of two major sub-families; Pierinae (The Whites) and Coliadinae (The Yellows) but also a small, third sub-family; Dismorphiinae of which the Wood White is the only UK member.
The caterpillars in this family feed predominantly on plants in the Cabbage and Pea family, except the Brimstone which feeds only on Buckthorn.
The butterfly has been known in Britain since 1775. Sometimes it arrives in May with the Clouded Yellow but it is a much rarer migrant and there are long gaps between the years when it is common here. In 1947 it was comparitively common but its numbers here have never exceeded the 2,203 recorded in 1900.
Pale Clouded Yellow
The species is a regular migrant to Great Britain, usually arriving in late May. It is a strong, fast flyer which comes from Southern Europe. In its warm native countries it is a prolific breeder, producing up to four broods a year. Females each lay up to 600 eggs on Clover, Lucerne, Trefoils and Melilot.
Clouded Yellow
The word butterfly was probably first used to describe this butter-coloured insect. It is a common species and is probably the first and last butterfly seen each year, as it can be in flight from February to November. 'Butterfly' eventually came to include all species and the Brimstone acquired its present name which relates to the colour of Sulphur.
Brimstone
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Berger's Clouded Yellow
This tiny, delicate butterfly lives mainly along shady rides and in clearings in woods where profusely growing wild flowers provide nectar for food and suitable places for egg-laying. Wood Whites are also found in sheltered meadows in Sussex and in scrub and grassland at the base of cliffs along the south Devon coast.
