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Cabbage White Butterfly

Pieris rapae

Photo by CharliePrice
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Field Notes

Description:

White/grey tinged butterfly with 2 distinct spots on both wings.

Habitat:

Literally 20-30 of these all getting around the wild blackberry bush , on the rivers edge. Also been in my garden again , past week.

Notes:

The Cabbage White is a common garden inhabitant. It is an introduced species and the larva relies on our introduced plants for food.

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