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Cabbage White Butterfly

Pieris rapae

Photo by MelindaKiser
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Field Notes

Description:

A mating pair.
Note the black tip showing through on the fore-wing.
Also note the variance of color in the two.

Habitat:

Spotted in the roadside ditch adjacent to my mowed yard.

Notes:

Although I proceeded with the utmost respect and caution, these two separated upon photographing them.

Reference Links:

Cabbage White Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758) | Butterflies and Moths of North Am…

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