Green-veined White (male)
The Green-veined White is a small butterfly that prefers to live in a flowery and moist environment.
The shot shows the butterfly while feeding on Dandelion which is its favourite flower.
The adult male of this species has a distinctive lemon smell.
Dutch name : Klein geaderd witje
German name : Rapsweißling
Latin name : Pieris napi
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Saska S. 02/06/2009 9:20
Great colours and details, nice image.Regards, Saska
Deryck 28/05/2009 20:36
The shot shows lovely details. Very good dof and coloursDeryck
Natalja Dralova 28/05/2009 3:19
Excellent! Nice composition, colours, light.Ayse Nalan Yasin 27/05/2009 22:37
Great macro. beautiful image. Wonderfull butterflyGreetings
Ayse
Wendy de With 27/05/2009 20:48
Nice capture with beautiful colours and good details. The lighting is also very nice and warm.Greetings, Wendy
Adele D. Oliver 27/05/2009 19:56
Fabulous, Mark .... a beautifully structured image and such sharpness. How do you find your lovely subjects - and how do you get them to sit still!!!!cheers, Adele
Josef Kainz 27/05/2009 19:22
Das ist aber ganz was feines ein klasse Fotolg. josef
j.a.j.jansen m. 27/05/2009 18:50
A great image with nice contrasting colours.I wonder what kind of objective you do use?
Regards, Jan.
Anca Silvia B. 27/05/2009 18:03
hervorragende Schärfe un tolle Info..ich wusste nicht das die Schmettelinge duften.....LG AncaGruber Fred 27/05/2009 17:05
Hallo Mark,der Weißling macht sich gut auf der Blüte vom Löwenzahn.Die Schärfe ist beeindruckend.Ein tolles BildLG Fred
Bernd Brügging 27/05/2009 16:23
Eine wunderschöne Frühlingsbotschaft, die Du perfekt festgehalten hast. Klasse !HG
Bernd
Heinz Janovsky 27/05/2009 12:50
Weissling und Löwenzahn(?) klasse abgelichtet.Gruß Heinz
Werner R. Albert 27/05/2009 12:06
Beautiful macro and a fine butterfly portrait.Informative words too.
best wishes
Werner
JeannyL 27/05/2009 12:01
ein super Foto MarkLG Jeanny
Andrea Sagawe 27/05/2009 11:14
Very good shot of this Rapsweißling. You captured him in a wonderful light. Excellent details on the wings. It's always so interesting to read your stories. Next time I see one of those I'll try to smell the lemon scent...assumed I recognize it :-)andrea