Orange Tip
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Fleam Dyke, Cambs.
Female. 17 April 2011

Orange Tip
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Fleam Dyke, Cambs.
Female. 17 April 2011

Orange Tip
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Great Yeldham
Male. 23 April 2011

Orange Tip
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Great Yeldham
Male. 24 April 2011

Orange Tip
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Great Yeldham
Male. 29 April 2010

Orange Tip
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Great Yeldham
17 May 2011

Orange Tip
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Great Yeldham
Male. 21 May 2010

Orange Tip
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Great Yeldham
1 June 2011

Fleam Dyke
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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.

Butterfly list . Main Gallery

External links to Orange-tip pages: British Butterflies by Steven Cheshire . UK Butterflies by Peter Eeles



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