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Unidentified leps - Pieris rapae
Copyright © 2005 Elisa T. Collins

Unidentified leps - Pieris rapae
New Baltimore, Macomb County, Michigan, USA
April 28, 2005
Size: 1.8 mm on average
This is the one I dissected. I may tear into another one in hopes of a better specimen.

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Unidentified leps - Pieris rapae Unidentified leps - Pieris rapae
Contributed by Elisa T. Collins on 3 May, 2005 - 12:42pm
Last updated 15 March, 2010 - 9:44am

Moved
Moved from pupae and cocoons.
… David J. Ferguson, 23 November, 2008 - 12:55am

Pieris rapae
Cabbage Butterfly
… David J. Ferguson, 23 November, 2008 - 12:54am

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 18 October, 2008 - 8:27pm

I would let it
come out on it's own, and then we'll know what it is for sure.
… Lynette Elliott, 11 July, 2005 - 8:09am

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