Cabbage White Butterfly (Pieris rapae)

 

The Cabbage White Butterfly, (Pieris rapae), is probably the most common butterfly found in Australia. The velvety green caterpillars are considered a pest because they feed on cabbages and other plants found in vegetable gardens, such as cauliflower, brussel sprouts, broccoli, radishes and turnips.

Butterfly: 1/200 - f/10 - ISO200

Caterpillar: 1/200 - f/10 - ISO100 - diffused flash

Potato Plant Flower

 

Home grown vegetables not only taste great, but produce some colourful flowers. Potato plants produce different coloured flowers depending on the variety.

1/200 - f/11 - ISO100

The Honey Bee and The Mint Flower

 

Photographing bees around the garden is a favourite past time. This European honey bee, (Apis mellifera), is collecting pollen from the flower head of mint.

1/800 - f/6.3 - ISO200 - +4 closeup filter