Green-veined White

Pieris napi

The Green-veined White is a lovely butterfly with white wings and green veins. They flutter around gardens and fields, bringing joy to everyone who sees them!

Hábitat: Grasslands

Aspecto

The Green-veined White has pure white wings with distinctive gray-green veins visible on the underside, especially on the hindwings. Its forewings often show faint dark markings near the tips, differentiating it from other white butterflies.

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Green-veined White

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Datos interesantes

A Green-veined White can lay hundreds of tiny eggs, usually one by one, on host plants.

Some Green-veined Whites migrate short distances to find new homes and food sources!

These butterflies can tell the difference between plants just by tapping their feet!

They often flutter in a zig-zag pattern, making it tricky for birds to catch them mid-air.

Habilidades especiales

Green-veined White has pale green veins on its underwings that help them blend seamlessly into leafy vegetation, avoiding hungry predators.

Green-veined White can unroll its long proboscis to sip sweet nectar from deep inside flowers, getting energy to fly.

Green-veined White caterpillars eat mustard plants that contain bitter chemicals, making them less tasty to birds.

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura: 32-50 mm
Tamaño: 18-25 mm
Esperanza de vida: 14-21 días
Velocidad de vuelo: 12 km/h
Cantidad de patas: 6

Dieta y alimentación

Adults drink flower nectar, while caterpillars munch on plants.

Diferencias por edad: Larvae eat plant leaves, but adults sip nectar from flowers.

Alimentos principales

nectar
garlic mustard leaves
watercress leaves
lady's smock leaves

Método de búsqueda

Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

depends on

Garlic Mustard

Alliaria petiolata

Larvae feed on its leaves.

pollinates

Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale

Adults visit its flowers for nectar.

eaten by

Great Tit

Parus major

Birds prey on adult butterflies.

eaten by

Garden Cross Spider

Araneus diadematus

Spiders often catch them in webs.

Rasgos

Aéreo

Las criaturas aéreas pasan una parte importante de su vida en el aire, utilizando el vuelo para diversas actividades como la caza, la migración o la anidación.