Male	Female
Couple	Larva
Couple Mating with Second Male Attacking	Waiting Out the Storm

Forewing Length: 28-35m;
Wingspan: 50-70mm;
Proboscis Length: 17mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
June - July (2 - 3 Weeks)	August - June (Earliest: 24.4)	May - July	May - July (Earliest: 25.5)

Biotopes:	Meadows	Hedge Rows	Wet Meadows	Gardens
Food: (Larva) (Oligiphagous)	Many Rosaceae
Food: (Adult)	Several Asteraceae Nectar	Several Fabaceae Nectar	Bistorta officinalis Nectar	Rubus fruticosus Nectar
	Silene flos-cuculi Nectar	Geranium robertianum Nectar	Anthriscus sylvestris Nectar
Parasitoids:	Many Ichneumonidae Larvae	Several Braconidae Larvae	Phryxe nemea Larva	Phryxe vulgaris Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids:	Several Ichneumonidae Larvae	Several Tachinidae Larvae
Predators:	Misumena vatia

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium: Aporia crataegi
UK Butterflies Black-veined White
Lepidoptera and Their Ecology: Aporia crataegi
Lepiforum: Aporia crataegi

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