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Cabbage White Butterfly

Pieris rapae

Description:

Small white butterfly (about 3 cm wingspan), with black wing tips, spot and body.

Habitat:

Magic Hedge, Montrose Harbor Bird and Butterfly Sanctuary, Chicago, IL

Notes:

We're finally getting our first spring butterflies in Chicago!

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1 Comment

mcschaeffer
mcschaeffer 11 years ago

Kymberlee,
I am the NOAH ranger managing the Chicagoland Urban Wildlife mission. I removed this and several other of your spottings from the mission as it is reserved for spottings made using day/nightvision trailcams only. Thank you for participating in Project NOAH anyway.

Kymberlee Ricke
Spotted by
Kymberlee Ricke

Illinois, USA

Spotted on Apr 6, 2012
Submitted on Apr 7, 2012

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