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Cabbage White Butterfly

Pieris rapae

Photo by Ingrid3
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Field Notes

Habitat:

garden of Boneset, Avens, Buddleia

Notes:

Is this a type of penciling behavior? dispersing pheremones? There were many other individuals of this species feeding on nectar bearing plants in this garden.

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PublishedNovember 22, 2013

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