Found in pitfall trap eating a millipede
White Butterfly on Rosmarinus officinalis likely to be pollinating
Southern Blue Butterfly on Trifolium pratense
White Butterfly on Malva spp. probably resting
Observed over a 20 minute period around Station 4 on the fitness course. No larval host plants found. Primarily long dry grass, with some gorse and pine trees. Extremely hot and dry.
Was seen resting in manuka forest with flax, ferns, other native vegetation etc. The colour is obvious from the picture, brown, can fit inside the palm of our hands.
Sunny and very hot day, many of these cabbage butterflies were seen pollinating and flying around over clover plants
I observed many cabbage butterflies flying over and pollinating on pink clovers. The paddock the clovers were in must have been about 70x140 meters. It was Lincoln farmland. I observed about 20-40 cabbage butterflies among this plant.
Many Cabbage butterflies were landing/pollinating on this thistle. Although i couldn't manage to capture the butterfly on the thistle in the photo, i observed about 15 cabbage butterflies land on this thistle within the 20minute observation time
9-12 Pieris rapae butterflies seen in private garden in Lincoln.
No counts of larval host plants present.
Activity- Observed visiting most regularly:
Catnip, Petunia, Sage and Cosmos flowers.
Often seen in groups of 2-3
Found on a hot sunny day up the Makikihi River. The river was completely dried up. There were many white butterflies flying around in the area but this is the only white butterfly I saw on white clover as the plant wasn't very abundant.