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Cabbage White Butterfly
Pierisrapae
46.9185, -95.6627
Field Notes
Description:
The are smaller than two inches. Upperside wings are plain, cream white with gray to black patches & show a dark spot on the center of the forewings & upper margins of the hindwings. Males have one spot and females have two spots on the top part of their wings. The underside is pale yellow with a body that is dark above, paler below with long hairs.
Habitat:
Cabbage Butterflies were spotted at Tamarac near Pine Lake. They are found in open fields, roadsides, farmlands.
Notes:
This is a nonnative species introduced to North America in the late 1800s.
The caterpillar eats cabbage and other plants of the mustard family. It is a pest to crops. Adults butterflies feed on flower nectar. They are great pollinators.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedAugust 19, 2023
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