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🦋🤍🦋A WHITE TIME FOR ROMANCE 🦋🤍🦋
Little secrets were unveiling in the woods this week.
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The Invitation had been received. An early start was required but already the temperature was rising rapidly.
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Along the edges of the woodland rides a butterfly was spied. A little unusual in its appearance like there'd been a marriage between the Green-veined White and the Small White in terms of colour, size and markings.
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This butterfly is dainty. It's wings, a little longer with the tips rounded off adding to its elegance.
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It's a butterfly that has no need to hurry. Happy to dance low and gracefully no more than a metre off the ground, drifting from point to point.
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Looking oh so vogue in their white tuxedos, males are happy to show off a chasse on the Cinquefoil or bourree on the matching bramble blossoms looking for a dancing partner. Sometimes they get lucky !
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Then the courtship commences. He takes his position in front of her and bows like a true gentleman. She stays still giving a little nervous flutter or two of excitement. Things are heating up.
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Next he taps her quickly from side to side with his party blower probiscus just as if he is knighting her. Arise Miss Wood White and let us join as one ❤️Ohh La La !
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I can't believe this was the most numerous species I saw on my visit to the woods on Tuesday and apparently their numbers have been going up all week ! This is our rarest White butterfly in the UK and it was such a privilege to witness their courtship with just the exhilarating backdrop of birdsong and few other humans around.
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Take a look at the video and you'll see this rather special courtship in progress. ( Apologies for posting it twice but IG won't let me remove it for some reason.)
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#butterflies2026 #lepidoptera

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