Butterfly on Pinks

ah bless lovin' this Eileen

thanks Angie :-)

what a lovely butterfly,great photo.

very pretty!

thanks Suey and Arlene

very pretty .. but not near my cabbages ...LOL..

nice pic Irish

thanks Amy and Deida

Lovely such a pretty pair!

thanks PP

Thats a lovely pic Eileen.......

Is it not strange, that something of such ephemeral grace and beauty should come from such a destructive little pest of a caterpillar. Thank the good lord that someone has invented insect mesh, for now I can happily watch their ephemeral flutterings as they dance together in the summer air over my cabbages growing below them, blissfully ignorant of the fate so closely passing them by....heh heh heee!!!!

Another great shot!

thanks guys

Nice one...:>)

thanks Motinot

Beautiful picture well captured nice colours together

thanks Morgana

Iv Never seen this butterfly Eileen ? Its gorgeous :) Great catch :)

Thanks jacque

Lovely pic Eileen....its an unusual white one isn't it?

What you have there is a "Large white" female the male doesn't have the spots but is otherwise the same, some call them cabbage whites as they feed on plants in the cabbage family (well the caterpillars do), but these will also feed on nasturtiums and mignonettes. There are 2 generations a yearApril to June andJuly to sept. Thre is a native population but they also migrate from the continent each year , so the one in your pic may speak french or dutch or even german!

thanks Janey

thanks for that info Indy. i would imagine its a French one lol.
wellllllllll my daughters pal are French so ill just go with that

Isn't she lovely...I always think of butterflies as ladies! That's a great shot Irish.

thanks Fluff

Nice photo Irish here is one on my peas!

http://s713.photobucket.com/albums/ww132/richardpeeej/forum/?action=view&current=cabbagewhite.flv

thanks Richard

Nice one Eileen. Unusual colour (brown) for what I think is a 'Large White'

thank you

This is a pretty one, Eileen.

thanks GG