Between two mushrooms, found these last days, here is Pieris brassicae, the large white, also called cabbage
butterfly or cabbage white, on a Geranium
nodosum.
The large white is common throughout Europe, North
Africa, Asia and even through the Himalayas. Its migration patterns are
typically observed only when there is a disturbance.
For
both males and females, the wings are white with black tips on the forewings.
The female also has two black spots on each forewing. The underside of each wing is a pale greenish and serves as
excellent camouflage when at rest.
This female has eyes as psychadelic as the eyes of the
orange tip.
The
large white butterfly's habitat consists of large, open spaces, as well as
farms and vegetable gardens, because of the availability of its food source. Some favoured locations include walls, fences, tree
trunks... They primarily hover around these locations, which should contain
both wild and cultivated crucifer, as well as oil-seed rape. It is still considered a pest in some European
countries, in China, India, Nepal, and Russia.
Two generations of butterflies are produced each year,
sometimes, a third brood can be observed farther along in the summer if the
weather is warm enough.
More insects
among other butterflies
of the Sant valley.
