Becker's White

by Donna Kennedy

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Becker's White

Artist

Donna Kennedy

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Photograph - Photographs

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Original Fine Art Photography by Donna Kennedy..
Photographed at Rancho San Rafael Park in Reno, Nevada

Becker's White-Pontia beckerii
A characteristic species of the East slope and Great Basin, sporadically breeding at Donner Pass but not persistent and not descending the West slope. Its green underside mottling is distinctive and unique. The early-spring brood is small and very intensely-colored, with the underside mottling dark blackish-green. Inside the forewing cell is a square black bar with a curved white center. The underside of the hindwing of both sexes has wide green edging along the veins, confined by a white median band. It flies slightly later than the Western White in most places. Males fly along linear habitats such as roadsides. Both sexes are often seen in alfalfa fields. There are multiple broods (generally 3 at Sierra Valley) with the species flying from March-April to (usually) October. In the Nevada desert they often feed on Prince's Plume (Stanleya pinnate). Both sexes visit Brassicaceous flowers but also those of Alfalfa, Rabbitbrush, Goldenrod, Aster and a variety of other things. It is not uncommon to encounter this species flying through sagebrush-bittehrbrush shrub far from any flowers at all.

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January 29th, 2017

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