Lavendar and White Butterfly
by Jennie Breeze
Title
Lavendar and White Butterfly
Artist
Jennie Breeze
Medium
Photograph - Original Img_1245
Description
Cabbage White and Small White Butterfly is suspected of first arriving in New Zealand in the summer of 1929-30, it was first recorded in Napier in March 1930. The White Butterfly quickly spread all over New Zealand by the autumn of 1936. The logical conclusion is that some specimens where transported around the country along with our shared food of the cabbage family. This is the way it is suspected that the White Butterfly made it to New Zealand. However, no one is sure whether the New Zealand stock came from Hawaii, North America, Europe, Asia or a combination. But most likely it travelled as a pupa in diapause as this would give it the best chance of surviving in a cold store. It is recorded as having up to 5 generations a year in the north and 2 generations in the south, but I think that is more like 6 in the north and 3 in the south. The White Butterfly is considered a pest, so several parasites have being released to control it, but they are also effecting other species, especially the Red and Yellow Admirals. It has characteristics not seen in other New Zealand Butterflies, firstly the aforementioned diapause, a seasonal difference in size and less black marking on the spring generation. The Maori name is translated from the English name.
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May 14th, 2014
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Jennie Breeze
Thanks JT! Great to be selected and featured in your BUTTERFLIES art group.
Jennie Breeze replied:
Thank you Bruce! Appreciate being featured in your BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS art group.
Jennie Breeze replied:
Thanks Nadine and Bob! Always a pleasure to be published in your ARTIST NEWS publication.