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Female orange tip on jack by the hedge

25 June 2017 by David

Female orange tip on jack by the hedge

Female orange tip butterfly on a jack by the hedge, one of the preferred food plants of this insect. Only the males have orange tips to thneir wings. The green pattern on the underwings which distinguish the females from other types of whites is just visible in some of these pictures.

Categories David
Moorhen on nest in flattened reeds, Wightwick Mill lock
Gosling creche, Bylet, Bridgnorth
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