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Small Cabbage White butterfly on Cabbage Plants

Pieris rapae

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Field Notes

Description:

I spotted a Small Cabbage White butterfly feeding on cabbage plants (Photo 1 of 2) during a photowalk through the Children’s Garden at Hollin Meadows Science and Math Focus School. This individual is a female, as indicated by two black spots on the center of its forewings (males have one black spot on their forewings). On 10 June 2011, I photographed a cluster of 43 Small Cabbage White butterfly eggs on the underside of a cabbage plant leaf. (Yes, I counted them.) In Photo 2 of 2, see the small yellow circular area located just above the center of the photo. Related Resource: Small Cabbage White Butterfly on Cabbage Plants (featuring video clip) http://waltersanford.posterous.com/cabbage-butterfly-on-cabbage-plants

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Children’s Garden at Hollin Meadows Science and Math Focus School: http://www.fcps.edu/HollinMeadowsES/

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Copyright © 2011 Walter Sanford. All rights reserved. www.wsanford.com

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