Small photograph of an Orange Tip Click on the image to enlarge
Fleam Dyke, Cambs.
Female. 17 April 2011
Small photograph of an Orange Tip Click on the image to enlarge
Fleam Dyke, Cambs.
Female. 17 April 2011
Small photograph of an Orange Tip Click on the image to enlarge
Great Yeldham
Male. 23 April 2011
Small photograph of an Orange Tip Click on the image to enlarge
Great Yeldham
Male. 24 April 2011
Small photograph of an Orange Tip Click on the image to enlarge
Great Yeldham
Male. 29 April 2010
Orange Tip Click on image to enlarge
Roseland House
Male. 1 May 2013
Small photograph of an Orange Tip Click on the image to enlarge
Great Yeldham
17 May 2011
Small photograph of an Orange Tip Click on the image to enlarge
Great Yeldham
Male. 21 May 2010
Small photograph of an Orange Tip Click on the image to enlarge
Great Yeldham
1 June 2011
Small photograph of an Orange Tip Click on the image to enlarge
Great Yeldham
1 June 2012
Small photograph of Fleam Dyke habitat Click on the image to enlarge
Garlic Mustard at Fleam Dyke
21 April 2011

The Orange-tip, Anthocharis cardamines

The Orange-tip is a fairly common butterfly in spring and early summer.
They are common in late April on Fleam Dyke, especialy at the Balsham end on large sheltered patches of Garlic Mustard.

There is just one brood per year. The larval foodplants are Ladies Smock (wild at Roseland House) and Garlic Mustard, common beside hedges and in light woodland.
This species over-winters as a pupa which hatches in the following spring.

Internal links: Butterfly list . Main Gallery . Daily records

External links to Orange-tip pages: British Butterflies by Steven Cheshire . UK Butterflies by Peter Eeles
B.M. Cockayne database for forms and aberrations.

Most seen on any one day - Orange-tip sightings at Roseland House, garden and paddock (from daily counts).
Smallish whites, not stopping to be identified, probably include some female Orange-tips and are not counted here.
March April May June July August Sept Oct Notes
2011 0 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 July - early Aug v. wet.
2012 0 3 6 2 0 0 0 0 April - mid July v. wet.
2013 0 0 Winter wet, March and early April, cold.
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