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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Whites, Sulphurs, Yellows (Pieridae) » Whites (Pierinae) » Cabbage Whites, Checkered Whites, Albatrosses (Pierini) » Pieris » Cabbage White - Hodges#4197 (Pieris rapae)
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butterfly or moth? - Pieris rapae
Copyright © 2009 Martha Ramirez

butterfly or moth? - Pieris rapae
Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
Size: 1 and 1/2 inches
this is about the only butterfly or moth that my flowerbeds attract lately, I remember growing up we use to see tons of butterflies in Virginia, but now it is a treat to stumble over one, I suppose instead of roses I could concentrate on growing the appropriate garden to attract butterflies, but one must focus on hobbies to do them well.
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Contributed by Martha Ramirez on 13 June, 2009 - 8:12am
Last updated 8 July, 2009 - 5:08pm

Moved
Moved from Butterflies (excluding skippers).
… David J. Ferguson, 8 July, 2009 - 5:08pm login or register to post comments

Cabbage white, a butterfly
Now, butterfly or moth? Antennae are probably the easiest way to tell. A butterfly typically has knobbed antennae, while those of a moth are either plainer or more fancy. (An exception is the skipper, a smallish butterfly with "sugar scoops" on the ends of its antennae.)

When I was a kid in Ohio, we called these cabbage moths, which distracted me from their correct identity until decades later.
… Ron Hemberger, 13 June, 2009 - 10:10am login or register to post comments

 
thank you
wow I LOVE this site, it's like cracker jacks, there's always a little prize, you don't just get an answer to WHAT BUG IS this in my garden, but you get information and education with a little dose of hospitality and dash of PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION, do I get to add you people that reply, you know "ADD you" or "follow you" or even just bookmark you, that would be really cool feature.
… Martha Ramirez, 13 June, 2009 - 2:04pm login or register to post comments

 
My pleasure, Martha
Yes, this is one fine site
… Ron Hemberger, 13 June, 2009 - 6:07pm login or register to post comments

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