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Pieris rapae
It is excatly 2 cm long.
Found underneath a cement stepping stone
The only foliage with in 15-20 meters is grass so most likely food source was turf grass.
Spotted on Mar 10, 2014
Submitted on Mar 10, 2014
10 Comments
Hmm.. looks even more like Pieris rapae to me. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
New pictures of the adult butterfly added. Hopefully an I.D. can be made
Thanks Martin, Mark, and Nuwan for your help!
It is my understanding that a cocoon (moth) is a pupal casing that is usually spun by the caterpillar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Actias... .
A butterfly pupa is a chrysalis and is the specialized skin layer of the final instar of the caterpillar. http://bugguide.net/node/view/12024/bgim... Yours is a chrysalis.
they travel a long way to pupate... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/151...
Cabbage white. Pieris rapae. I agree.
They come in both colors, green or brown
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/197...
Thanks for the suggestion, but I don't think A. sordida is likely.
Looks like Chrysalis of Apatura sordida (Family; Nymphalidae)
Cabbage white, Pieris rapae?
chrysalis, Family - Pieridae