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Unidentified Insect 75 - Pieris rapae
Copyright © 2009 lika2009

Unidentified Insect 75 - Pieris rapae
Vineland, Cumberland County, New Jersey, USA
September 5, 2009
I think they are cabbage white (Pieris rapae). I do not know their gender. I will appriciate it if you teach me how to identify their gender. Thank you.
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Contributed by lika2009 on 6 September, 2009 - 9:17pm
Last updated 18 September, 2009 - 12:12am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… lika2009, 18 September, 2009 - 12:12am login or register to post comments

Gender
Step one, read the info page
http://bugguide.net/node/view/3259
or cheat here
… John R. Maxwell, 6 September, 2009 - 10:11pm login or register to post comments

usually,
females are the larger ones. males are smaller and brighter colored
… shotguneddie, 6 September, 2009 - 10:05pm login or register to post comments

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