tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334048668354898660.post3631911561980753992..comments2024-01-08T19:01:37.331+00:00Comments on Donegal Wildlife: Sun continuesStuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15225743105419715015noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334048668354898660.post-91944769289819481132012-05-03T15:26:08.001+01:002012-05-03T15:26:08.001+01:00Hi Stuart, really nice shots of the Orange Tip. Th...Hi Stuart, really nice shots of the Orange Tip. They're out and about down here in Cork too and I managed to see some interesting courtship behaviour between two individuals yesterday: tiny.cc/g99pdw21stcenturynaturalistshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02191399725287151074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334048668354898660.post-91376675455229043322012-05-01T23:26:05.655+01:002012-05-01T23:26:05.655+01:00Apart from being envious of your sunshine, I would...Apart from being envious of your sunshine, I would like to thank you for the information in your posts which I appreciate enormously.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334048668354898660.post-84499660066735077832012-05-01T13:23:24.555+01:002012-05-01T13:23:24.555+01:00Gill: you bring up a point which I had planned to ...Gill: you bring up a point which I had planned to mention in the post, but forgot at the last moment: there are three subspecies of Green-veined White, all distinguished by the amount of black markings. The Irish subspecies is (oddly) ssp. britannica. Just to make things even more complex, the summer generation is more highly marked than the spring generation (probably caused by a higher temperature when pupation takes place, in a similar way to hoverflies and other insects).Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15225743105419715015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5334048668354898660.post-76512354544393275472012-05-01T13:07:00.980+01:002012-05-01T13:07:00.980+01:00Interesting - I don't think I have ever seen a...Interesting - I don't think I have ever seen a green-veined white with as many dark markings as your female. Maybe all the ones I see are males? None yet this year, though I have seen a couple of (male) orange tips and one or two indeterminate whites.Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15736035484977149890noreply@blogger.com