Pieridae - Herts & Middx Butterfly Conservation

The Pieridae family
(Whites and Yellows)

All the pictures of British 'Whites' and 'Yellows' shown on the original sightings page

Wood White (Leptidea sinapis)
Orange-tip (Anthocaris cardamines)
Large White (Pieris brassicae)
Small White (Pieris rapae)
Green-veined White (Pieris napi)
Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus)
Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni))
Photo Library Index

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
58.001 BF1541 - Wood White	Leptidea sinapis	Once resident - now extinct


Pairing Surrey © photo: Dave Miller	With Orange Tip Surrey © photo: Dave Miller

Oxfordshire © photo: Darin Stanley	Northamptonshire © photo: Bob Clift

© photo: Clive Burrows	© photo: Sandra Standbridge	Botany Bay © photo: Nick Sampford

Only a single breeding colony of the Wood White has ever been known for Hertfordshire which remained until the 1970s when it was decimated by a single collector (Sawford, 1987)

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
58.003 BF1553 - Orange-tip	Anthocaris cardamines	Resident


Egg Harmondsworth Moor © photo: Dave Miller	Larvae found on Garlic Mustard Ware © photo: Liz Goodyear	Pupa found on Garlic Mustard Ware © photo: Liz Goodyear

Egg Harmondsworth Moor © photo: Dave Miller	Caterpillar Harmondsworth Moor © photo: Dave Miller

Bedfont Lakes © photo: Dave Miller

Female Jersey Farm, St Albans © photo: Brian Knight	Female Jersey Farm, St Albans © photo: Brian Knight	Male Jersey Farm, St Albans © photo: Brian Knight

Frogmore © photo: Lee Browne	Stanwell Moor © photo: Dave Miller	Harpenden © photo: Robin Pearson

River Ver at Redbournbury © photo: Ernest Leahy	Stanwell Moor © photo: Dave Miller	Stanwell Moor © photo: Dave Miller

Aldbury Nowers © photo: Robin Pearson	Stanwell Moor © photo: Dave Miller	Stanwell Moor © photo: Dave Miller

Denham © photo: Sezar Hikmet	Stanwell Moor © photo: Dave Miller	Aldbury Nowers © photo: Elizabeth Debenham

Harmondsworth Moor © photo: Dave Miller	Kings Langley © photo: Elizabeth Debenham	Ickenham © photo: Sezar Hikmet

Male Denham Quarry © photo: Sezar Hikmet	Male Denham Quarry © photo: Sezar Hikmet	Male Denham Quarry © photo: Sezar Hikmet

Female Denham Quarry © photo: Sezar Hikmet	Female Denham Quarry © photo: Sezar Hikmet	Male Denham Quarry © photo: Sezar Hikmet

Female Harmondsworth Moor © photo: Dave Miller	Male Harmondsworth Moor © photo: Dave Miller	Male believed to be an aberration antiquincunx showing a reduced dot on the forewing? Ickenham © photo: Sezar Hikmet

Male Abbots Langley © photo: Clive Burrows	Male Abbots Langley © photo: Clive Burrows	Female Abbots Langley © photo: Clive Burrows

Maple Cross © photo: Sezar Hikmet	Mating Wareside © photo: Phil MacMurdie

Male Fir & Pond Wood © photo: David Gompertz	Female Fishers Green © photo: Sandra Standbridge	Male Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane

Hertford © photo: Richard Bigg	© photo: Nick Sampford	© photo: Andrew Wood

Mating pair © photo: Michael Goodyear	© photo: Nick Sampford	© photo: Clive Burrows

Barnet © photo: Rachel Terry	Waterford Heath © photo: Steve Lane	Picketts Lock © photo: Andrew Middleton

© photo: Nick Sampford	Female Balls Wood © photo: Andrew Wood	Female Balls Wood © photo: Andrew Wood

Female Hertford© photo: Richard Bigg	Male Wheathampstead LNR © photo: Trevor Chapman	Female Langley © photo: Steven Penn

	Aldbury Nowers © photo: Colin Sturges

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
58.006 BF1549 - Large White	Pieris brassicae	Resident


Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane	Chrysalis © photo: Andrew Middleton

© photo: Nick Sampford	© photo: Clive Burrows	Dorset © photo: John Stevens

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
58.007 BF1550 - Small White	Pieris rapae	Resident


Stanwell Moor © photo: Dave Miller	Stanwell Moor © photo: Dave Miller

Harmondsworth Moor © photo: Dave Miller	Stanwell Moor © photo: Dave Miller	Stanwell Moor © photo: Dave Miller

Ickenham © photo: Sezar Hikmet	March 2007 Ware © photo: Andrew Wood	Park Wood, Ruislip © photo: Sezar Hikmet

Bengeo Andrew Wood	© photo: Archie Lang	© photo: Clive Burrows

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
58.008 BF1551 - Green-veined White	Pieris napi	Resident


Stanwell Moor © photo: Dave Miller	Bramfield Woods © photo: Lee Browne

Jersey Farm, St Albans © photo: Brian Knight	Jersey Farm, St Albans © photo: Brian Knight	Jersey Farm, St Albans © photo: Brian Knight

River Colne © photo: Dave Miller	River Colne to Jnct 4 M25 walkoor © photo: Dave Miller	Stanwell Moor © photo: Dave Miller

Harmondsworth Moor © photo: Dave Miller	Abbots Langley © photo: Clive Burrows	Denham Quarry © photo: Sezar Hikmet

Symondshyde Wood © photo: Darin Stanley	© photo: Val Fullforth	Stockers Lake © photo: Sezar Hikmet

Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane	© photo: Steve Chilton	Mating pair Hemel Hempstead © photo: David Newland

Mating pair Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane	Marshalls Heath © photo: Trevor Chapman	Stevenage © photo: Lee Browne

Frogmore © photo: Trevor Chapman	Stevenage © photo: Lee Browne	Mating pair Balls Wood © photo: Andrew Wood

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
58.010 BF1545 - Clouded Yellow	Colias crocea	Occasional migrant


	Ware Park Quarry © photo: Andrew Wood

Sawbridgeworth Marsh 2007 © photo: Steve Hawkins	Waterford Heath © photo: Darin Stanley	Waterford Heath © photo: Darin Stanley

Bunkers Lane © photo: Clive Burrows	Rothamsted © photo: Richard Harrington	Helice form Hertfordshire © photo: Andrew Middleton

Helice form Brimsdown © photo: Andrew Middleton	© photo: Trevor Chapman	Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane

Hordle Cliff, Hampshire © photo: John Stevens	Cornwell © photo: Nick Sampford	Middlesex 13th October 2003 © photo: Andrew Middleton

Sharpenhoe Clappers 2002 © photo: Keith Balmer courtesy Beds & Northants Branch	Pegsdon Hills © photo: Sandra Standbridge	Bunkers Park © photo: Jez Perkins

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
58.013 BF1546 - Brimstone	Gonepteryx rhamni	Resident


Larva on Buckthorn © photo: Lee Browne	Aldbury Nowers © photo: Miles Attenborough

Welwyn Garden City garden © photo: Thomas Curtis	Harpenden © photo: Robin Pearson	Jersey Farm, St Albans © photo: Brian Knight

Mating pair 12.03.2011 Graffidge Wood, near Stevenage © photo: Lee Browne	Graffidge Wood, near Stevenage © photo: Lee Browne	Hemel Hempstead garden © photo: Malcolm Newland

Harmondsworth Moor © photo: Dave Miller	Coppetts Wood, Friern Barnet © photo: Brian Price	Aldbury Nowers © photo: Paul Thrush

Female Harpenden © photo: Robin Pearson	Aldbury Nowers © photo: Dave Mackenzie	River Colne to Jnct 4 M25 walk © photo: Dave Miller

Male Amwell Gravel Pits © photo: Helen Bantock	Male Harpenden © photo: Robin Pearson	Egg-laying female on recently planted Buckthorn Ravenscourt Park LNR © photo: Paul Clay

Male Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane	Sharpenhoe Clappers © photo: Trevor Chapman	© photo: Nick Sampford

© photo: Steve Lane	© photo: Nick Sampford	© photo: Andrew Wood

© photo: Trevor Chapman	Pegsdon Hills © photo: Sandra Standbridge	© photo: Steven Penn

© photo: Nick Sampford	© photo: Nick Sampford

Male © photo: Clive Burrows	© photo: Nick Sampford	© photo: Allan Beechey