Information
| Red List status: | Least Concern |
| NERC Act S41: | Not listed |
| Local status: | Common.
Distributed over whole county.
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| Size: | Medium. |
| Larval foodplant: | Crucifers, especially cabbages and nasturtiums, which makes it unpopular with some gardeners, though as larvae are present in smaller numbers than Large White, so not as destructive. |
| No. of broods: | Two. The markings on the second brood are darker than the first. |
| Flight time(s): | First brood flies late March to late June.
Second brood flies mid July to mid October.
The second brood is usually more numerous and slightly darker in colour.
Numbers are boosted by migrants from the continent.
Average first date: 26th March
Average last date: 18th October |
| Winter: | Pupa |
| Habits: | Easily confused with Green-veined White in flight, but undersides are clearly different when settled. (See Green-veined White). |
| Habitats: | May occur anywhere. |
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