Small
White Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758)  |
| Status
.....One of our most
common and widespread butterflies and another
butterfly pest species of Cabbage crops. The late
1990's saw several years of relative abundance
when the Small White was extremely common and
there were many reported records. From the start
of the present century, there has been quite a
considerable drop in the number of records and it
is difficult to tell whether the late 1990's
peak, was an isolated occurrence following a
gradual build up of numbers over a number of
years. |
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| Photographed at Warsop Main Pit Top
March 2019 |
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Photographed at Eakring
Meadows August 2009 |
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Early stages |
| Full
grown larva. Photographed at Edwinstowe STW August 2021 |
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