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Cabbage White

Pieris rapae

Photo by LuckyLogan
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Field Notes

Description:

It is excatly 2 cm long.

Habitat:

Found underneath a cement stepping stone

Notes:

The only foliage with in 15-20 meters is grass so most likely food source was turf grass.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (10)
Mark Ridgway
Hmm.. looks even more like Pieris rapae to me. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Pieris_rapae_which_copulates_0928.jpg
LuckyLogan
New pictures of the adult butterfly added. Hopefully an I.D. can be made
LuckyLogan
Thanks Martin, Mark, and Nuwan for your help!
MartinL
It is my understanding that a cocoon (moth) is a pupal casing that is usually spun by the caterpillar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Actias_luna_cocoons_sjh.JPG . A butterfly pupa is a chrysalis and is the specialized skin layer of the final instar of the caterpillar. http://bugguide.net/node/view/12024/bgimage Yours is a chrysalis.
Mark Ridgway
they travel a long way to pupate... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/151876276
MartinL
Cabbage white. Pieris rapae. I agree. They come in both colors, green or brown http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/197586022
LuckyLogan
Thanks for the suggestion, but I don't think A. sordida is likely.

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PublishedMarch 10, 2014

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