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Pieris rapae

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Description:

Two moths we found "stuck" together. They are still alive and trying to fly around!!

Species ID Suggestions

Small White

Pieris rapae

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Comments (2)
bayucca
Pieridae/Whites, Pierinae, Pieris sp. and most probably Pieris rapae. http://bugguide.net/node/view/742020/bgimage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieris_rapae Intersting observation of a late mating in autumn. It is actually a butterfly, if you look at the clubbed antennae. And it is a female, probably the one in the front, and a male during mating. Moths usually have feathery-like or filamentous-straight antennae without clubs at the tip.

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Moths of the World
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project

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PublishedOctober 18, 2013

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