Small photogrpah of a Large White
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Great Yeldham
Male. 30 April 2011
Small photogrpah of a Large White
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Great Yeldham
Male. 10 May 2012
Small image of a Large White
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Great Yeldham
Male. 26 May 2013
Large White
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Great Yeldham
Male. 1 June 2013
Small photogrpah of a Large White
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Great Yeldham
18 July 2009
Small photogrpah of a Large White
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Great Yeldham
24 July 2010
Large White
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Great Yeldham
Female. 6 August 2013
Small photogrpah of a Large White
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Great Yeldham
Male. 13 August 2012
Small photogrpah of a Large White
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Great Yeldham
Male. 1 Sept 2011
Small photogrpah of a Large White
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Great Yeldham
Male. 1 Sept 2011

The Large White, Pieris brassicae

The Large White is a fairly common butterfly in Yeldham, but not usually more than the odd one or two being seen at a time.

There are normally two broods per year, sometimes three. The larvae feed on cabbage family plants and can be a major pest on cultivated cabbages. Large Whites over-winter as pupae.

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External links to the Large White pages at: British Butterflies by Steven Cheshire . UK Butterflies by Peter Eeles
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Adults in flight: MOST SEEN on ANY ONE DAY in early, mid and late month thirds.
Large White sightings at Roseland House, Great Yeldham.   All species numbers
March April May June July August Sept Oct
2011 - - - - - 1 2 2 1 - 1 1 - - 2 1 1 1 2 - - - - -
2012 - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - 1 3 1 1 2 1 - - - -
2013 - - - - - - - 1 2 3 2 - - 1 11 29 11 5 3 3 - - - -
2014 - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 2 9 22 12 6 2 3 7 8 - - -
2015 - - - - - 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 3 14 33 24 5 5 1 1 1 - - -
2016 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 2 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 - - -
2017 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 6 11 6 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 - -
2018 - - - - - - - - 1 1 - 1 28 34 44 27 4 2 2 1 1 1 - -
2019 - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - 1 1 2 8 5 2 2 1 2 1 1 - -
2020 - - - - - 1 - - - - 1 2 1 7 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 - - -
2021 - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - 2 1 2 1 2 1 - - - - -
2022 - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 - - - -
2023 - - - - - - 1 1 - - - 2 2 4 4 2 4 2 2 2 - - - -

Weather notes:
2011. July - early August very wet.
2012. April - mid July very wet. August to mid September dry.
2013. Winter wet, March and early April, very cold. The rest of the spring was mostly cold. July, mostly very warm. August, warm.
2014. Winter very wet, mild. Spring was early, colder in mid April. Summer to early August, warm without a drought.
2015. Winter normal, March, April - May mostly cold. Sallow flowers opened on March 28 - 29th. Summer, fairly normal.
2016. Winter normal. Sallow flowers opened on April 2 - 3rd. Spring mostly cool and breezy. For a few weeks in late spring there was heavy rainfall and saturated soil and vegetation. Late summer with hot, dry periods.
2017. Winter mildish, hardly any frost. Sallow flowers opened on March 14 - 15th. Warm spells in March. April mostly dry and chilly. First Creeping Thistle flowers open on June 13th, followed by about 7 days of heat wave. Early July was very warm, excellent for counting butterflies. Late summer, autumn normal.
2018. Winter normal with a few days of settled snow. Sallow flowers open on March 26th. March, April mostly cold and wet, May warm. June 11, Bramble flowers opening to greet first Large Skippers. Mid June to early August, very hot and dry. Autumn mostly dry.
2019. Winter normal. Hardly any frost. Sallow flowers seen on March 10th. Spring mostly cool apart from Easter heatwave. May 31, Bramble flowers starting to open. June 1, Buckthorn in full bloom. Dryish summer with some heatwaves.
2020. Mildish winter. Sallow flowers open March 10th. Spring mostly cool. Several warm days in early April and through May. May 28 Bramble flowers opening. Record dry May. June nectar sources mostly Buttercups in the unmown paths, and Brambles.
2021.Winter normal. Very wet, early spring then cold. Sallow flowers opened on March 23rd. Summer with a few hot spells and moderate rain.
2022. Winter, normal. Sallow flowers open on March 18th. Bramble flowers open May 28. Summer, mostly very dry with long hot spells.
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