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European Cabbage Butterfly
Pieris rapae
43.067, -79.0735
Field Notes
Description:
Wingspan 5cm, both sexes have 1 black spot well along front margin of hind wings.
Introduced accidentally near Montreal in the 1860's, this species has become an important pest.
Habitat:
urban garden
Notes:
I spotted this feeding on a butterfly bush in the flower bed on Portage rd at Oak Hall.
Reference Links:
Small White
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedAugust 10, 2011
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