Green-veined White

Pieris napi

The green-veined white is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this insect was recorded 388 times across 13 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Movement and weather

Each season it is first heard regularly where daytime highs are around 11°C (typically 9 to 12°C, from 9 areas). That holds across 20° of latitude, which suggests its timing follows temperature more than the calendar.

Over the weeks it was present in the past year, its centre in Europe ranged from 48°N in March to 62°N in June, about 1,500 km apart.

Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.