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Cabbage White butterfly

Pieris rapae

Photo by keithp2012
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Field Notes

Description:

Small white butterfly that emerges from the pupa around April. After mating they lay their eggs on plants of the mustard family, but love cabbage and broccoli plants. The caterpillars eat the plants, the butterflies drink nectar.

Habitat:

Yard,flowers,field,vegetable garden

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PublishedSeptember 8, 2010

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