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Orange Tip eggs on Lady's Smock or Cuckoo Flower, RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
An amazing collection of four Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines) butterfly eggs on the main caterpillar food plant Lady's Smock or Cuckoo Flower (Cardamine pratensis) at RSPB Loch Lomond, taken by David Palmar
28 May 2022
Cuckoo flower or Lady's Smock with Orange Tip egg, Uplawmoor
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East Renfrewshire
Cuckoo flower or Lady's Smock (Cardamine pratensis). This is an important food plant for the caterpillars of the orange-tip and the green-veined white butterfly. Ordinarily found in damp habitat. The plant is said to flower at the same time as the Cuckoo bird returns to the UK, hence its name. This photo was taken at Uplawmoor, East Renfrewshire.
30 April 2017
Cuckoo flower or Lady's Smock with Orange Tip egg, Uplawmoor
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East Renfrewshire
Cuckoo flower or Lady's Smock (Cardamine pratensis). This is an important food plant for the caterpillars of the orange-tip and the green-veined white butterfly. Ordinarily found in damp habitat. The plant is said to flower at the same time as the Cuckoo bird returns to the UK, hence its name. This photo was taken at Uplawmoor, East Renfrewshire.
30 April 2017
Orange tip butterfly egg
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South Lanarkshire -Falls of Clyde
OrangeTtip (Anthocharis cardamines) butterfly egg on Lady's Smock (Cardamine pratensis), Falls of Clyde, the favourite food plant of the Orange Tip caterpillar.
02 June 2013
Male Orange Tip butterfly on Garlic Mustard, Baron's Haugh
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North Lanarkshire - Baron's Haugh and Dalzell Woods
Male Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines) butterfly on Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata), Baron's Haugh RSPB Reserve, taken by David Palmar
06 May 2023
Orange Tip butterfly, Ardeer
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North Ayrshire - Ardeer
Female Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines) butterfly underside, Ardeer, Ayrshire
04 May 2024
Orange Tip butterfly, Ardeer
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North Ayrshire - Ardeer
Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines) butterfly on a Dandelion clock (Taraxacum officinale) at Ardeer, taken by Rebecca Dickson.
16 May 2021
Female Orange Tip butterfly, Kelvin Walkway, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvin Walkway, Forth and Clyde Canal, Dawsholm and Garscube
Female Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines) butterfly, Kelvin Walkway, Glasgow
25 April 2020
Male Orange Tip butterfly, Kelvindale, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale
Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines) butterfly, Kelvindale, Glasgow. Only the male has any orange colouring, and even he has small grey triangles at the tips of his forewings. The underwing is blotched green and white, similar on both male and female.
28 April 2020
Male Orange Tip butterfly, Kelvindale, Glasgow
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Glasgow - Kelvindale
Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines) butterfly, Kelvindale, Glasgow. Only the male has any orange colouring, and even he has small grey triangles at the tips of his forewings. The underwing is blotched green and white, similar on both male and female.
