探検昆虫

Margined White

Pieris marginalis

The Margined White is a beautiful butterfly with white wings and black edges. It loves to flutter around gardens and fields, bringing joy to everyone who sees it.

生息地: Grasslands

外見

The Margined White is a medium-sized butterfly with white wings, often showing faint dark scaling along the margins, especially on females. Its undersides can have a yellowish tint or dark dust-like scaling along veins, differentiating it from similar white butterflies.

AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaLepidopteraPieridaePieris
Margined White
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Margined White

カテゴリ

昆虫

レア度

Common

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

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おもしろい事実

It's like a tiny flying map-maker, finding its way using the sun!

Margined Whites are great at 'playing dead' if they feel threatened!

Some Margined Whites can produce two generations of butterflies in a single year!

This butterfly starts as a hungry caterpillar that loves to munch on mustard plants!

特殊能力

能力

Disguise Artist

Margined White can blend into dappled sunlight because of its white wings and subtle markings that help it hide from predators.

能力

Taste-Tester Feet

Margined White has special sensors on its feet that help it 'taste' leaves to find the perfect spot to lay eggs.

能力

Nectar Seeker

Margined White can sip sweet nectar from flowers using its long proboscis, helping it fuel its flights and pollinate plants.

サイズと詳細

翼開長
35-50 mm
サイズ
15-25 mm
寿命
10-20 日
飛行速度
15 km/h
脚の数
6

食性と食事

Adult Margined Whites drink flower nectar; caterpillars munch on plants from the mustard family.

年齢による違い: Larvae (caterpillars) feed on leaves of host plants, while adults drink nectar from flowers.

主な食物

  • Nectar
  • Bittercress plants
  • Toothwort plants
  • Rockcress plants

採餌方法

  • Foraging

生態系とのつながり

eaten by

Nuttall's Bittercress

Cardamine nuttallii

Its leaves are food for Margined White caterpillars.

eaten by

California Toothwort

Dentaria californica

Young caterpillars munch on this plant's leaves.

eats

Steller's Jay

Cyanocitta stelleri

This bird may hunt and eat Margined White adults.

eats

Cross Orbweaver

Araneus diadematus

Spiders can ambush unwary butterflies in their webs.

pollinates

Canada Goldenrod

Solidago canadensis

Adult butterflies visit its flowers for nectar, spreading pollen.

特徴

別名

まだ別名はありません。

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安全性

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

Butterflies are gentle creatures; just watch them from a distance.

よくある質問

Margined Whiteの翼開長は何ですか?

35-50 mm

Margined Whiteのサイズは何ですか?

15-25 mm

Margined Whiteの寿命は何ですか?

10-20 日

Margined Whiteの飛行速度は何ですか?

15 km/h

Margined Whiteは何を食べますか?

Adult Margined Whites drink flower nectar; caterpillars munch on plants from the mustard family.

Margined Whiteは通常どこに生息していますか?

Grasslands

Margined Whiteはどのように狩りをしますか?

Foraging

Margined Whiteの脚の数は何ですか?

6

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