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Small White

Pieris rapae

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Field Notes

Description:

A very pale greenish white butterfly approximately 2" long.

Habitat:

Urban neighborhood garden.

Notes:

Sometimes referred to as Small Cabbage White. Introduced accidentally to North America, it spread to the United States by 1860. It causes damage to cultivated cabbages and other mustard family crops, principally in its caterpillar form.

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Pieris rapae

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