Large White

Name: Large White

Scientific name: Pieris brassicae

Category: Minibeasts

Nature Stars: 20

What are nature stars?

About: A medium sized white butterfly, with a wingspan of about 6cm. Adults fly between April and October. A very common butterfly, often seen flying slowly over cabbage patches. They are common in farmland, in gardens and allotments. The foodplants are members of the cabbage family.

How to identify: A large white butterfly, with black tips and two black spots on the front wings. Larger than the other white butterflies.

Where: Found across the country, although scarcer in the north of Scotland.

Natural Superpowers

• Predator: 10
• Agility: 70
• Rarity: 10
• Cute factor: 40
• Traveller: 60

Fantastic fact: Also known as the Cabbage White.

Photograph credit: Keith Warmington/www.warmies.co.uk