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Large White
Pieris brassicae
51.8959, 0.891874
Field Notes
Description:
The chrysalis of the large white butterfly. When the larva is ready to pupate, it wanders away from its food plant and usually selects something like a fence, or overhang on a building like a window sill (in this case, the metal railing next to a footpath). They can remain in the pupal stage over winter, and will emerge next May - though I think this one is empty.
Habitat:
Large whites are one of the most common butterflies in the UK, and live everywhere from meadows to urban areas.
Notes:
In the spring/summer, I see a lot of large whites in the area, and even more of their caterpillars.
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Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedDecember 22, 2011
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