"Perfect landing"

This pretty (Little White) (Pieris rapae) butterfly landed on my lavender plant yesterday.

Its underwing's are a pale yellow, as can be seen from the image, especially when its wings are closed.

With wings open, they are white with dark spots, and the wing tips are dark.

 

I believe this particular butterfly is a female, as the male of this species lacks the dark spots to the upper wings.

 

What a beautiful curled up black tongue or (proboscis) it possesses, and it was uncurled and sampling lavender nectar moments later. The proboscis is used like a straw to suck up fluids, fruit juice, or sometimes tree sap.

 

I love butterflies in my garden. Unfortunately, there has been less this year, and that's certainly a shame.

 

These are a very common butterfly here in Bristol and elsewhere. I should imagine.

 

These small white butterflies are rather small as their name, may suggest, only measuring in at 3.8 cm - 5.7 cm.

Butterflies have 4 wings and 6 legs, and their eyes are amazing, containing numerous tiny eyes with lenses like our eyes, this enables them to see all around better.

 

I thought butterflies had pretty good vision because nearly every time I tried to sneak up on one, it inevitably flies off.

 

Love & Peace

Everyone! 🙏

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