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Eggs of African Caper White

Belenois aurota

Photo by Bernadette S
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Field Notes

Description:

"Eggs are laid in batches of 20 or so, while the newly hatched larvae are gregarious." ~wiki

Habitat:

spotted on the leaves of a caper bush (Capparis sinaica) in a coastal desert wadi (Wadi GNai)

Notes:

aka Pioneer White and Brown-veined White

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Belenois aurota

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Comments (2)
Bernadette S
It's their season again, apparently - all of the caper bushes we passed on this hike were covered in eggs, caterpillars, chrysalises, and butterflies!
Maria dB
Nice that you could get shots of the eggs, too!

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PublishedNovember 1, 2013

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