Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines)
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Range: Europe, Middle East,, eastwards through temperate Asia to Japan. Flight Period: Univoltine. Late March/June. Habitat: Diverse. Damp meadows, marshes, dry lowland scrub, forest clearings, alpine grassland. On acidic or base rich soils. Larval host plant: Cardemines pretensis, Alleria petiolata, Arabis turrita, Lunaria annau, Biscutella mollis, Hesperis lacinata.. Hibernates as a pupa on plant stems.
24 April 2011. Orange Tip at the Oysterbeds. The female (below) is showing the male that she has already been fertilised. Comment amended to correct my statement here - Thanks Peter. Copyright Peter Drury 2011
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PeterD-2009
on July 5, 2011Thank you for the information Peter. The great thing about a site such as this is that you learn not only from your own experiences but also gain the knowledge of others that post comments such as yours. Many thanks and greatly appreciated.
Peter W
on July 5, 2011The female orange tip is showing the male that she has been fertilised. It is something which you can see quite often once you have seen the display a few times. I haven't yet seen the opposite display, if there is one. Nicely shot! Peter