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A Large White butterfly (Pieris brassicae) feeds on a buddleia flower. This is the cabbage white notorious to gardeners as a garden pest; its voracious green lava can strip the leaves from any plants of the cabbage family. Sheepleas, West Horsley, Surrey, England, UK. 27 August 2006.


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