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Great Southern White

Ascia monuste

The Great Southern White is a beautiful butterfly with white wings and black edges. They flutter around gardens and fields, bringing joy with their graceful flight.

Lebensraum: Urban areas, gardens, fields

Aussehen

The Great Southern White is a medium-sized butterfly with chalky white wings. Males are usually pure white, while females often have dark gray or black markings near the wingtips and veins. Their underwings can display mottled yellowish or greenish patterns, making them distinct from pure white lookalikes.

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Great Southern White
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Great Southern White

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Great Southern Whites can be found soaring through the sky in many warm countries across the Americas!

Males are usually pure white, but females often have dark markings on their wingtips.

These butterflies help flowers by carrying pollen from one plant to another as they sip nectar.

This butterfly starts life as a tiny, green caterpillar that loves to munch on cabbage!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Mustard Muncher Defense

Great Southern White larvae can eat toxic mustard plants because it makes them taste bad to predators.

Fähigkeit

Migration Maestro

Great Southern White can fly thousands of miles because some populations migrate to warmer climates for winter.

Fähigkeit

Rapid Reproducer

Great Southern White has many generations per year that helps them quickly increase their numbers.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
45-70 mm
Größe
20-30 mm
Lebenserwartung
14-28 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
10 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

Adults sip sweet flower nectar, while caterpillars munch on leaves like tiny herbivores!

Altersunterschiede: Larvae eat leaves of host plants, while adults primarily feed on flower nectar.

Hauptnahrung

  • Flower Nectar
  • Cabbage Leaves
  • Cleome Leaves
  • Mustard Family Plants

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Be gentle and watch butterflies from a distance so they feel safe.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Great Southern White?

45-70 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Great Southern White?

20-30 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Great Southern White?

14-28 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Great Southern White?

10 km/h

Was frisst Great Southern White?

Adults sip sweet flower nectar, while caterpillars munch on leaves like tiny herbivores!

Wo findet man Great Southern White normalerweise?

Urban areas, gardens, fields

Wie jagt Great Southern White?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Great Southern White?

6

Snap-Karte

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