Woodland Trust

Nature's CalendarNature Detectives

Keep your eyes open for ripe blackberries in the woods and hedgerows - record your sightings

Small white. Peter Paicesmall white

Pieris rapae

  • Upper front wings are white, with a spot
     
  • Can be hard to distinguish from a green-veined white in flight
     
  • Underside hind wings are powdered yellow
     

Where foundrecord

Meadows and gardens. Larvae thrive on brassicae (cabbage family).

Found throughout British Isles.
 

When to look for

  • April or later, in two or more broods.