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Pieris rapae
"Upperside of wings white; forewing with black tip. Two submarginal black spots in female, one in male. Underside of hindwing and forewing apex evenly yellow-green or gray-green. Spring and fall short-day form is smaller, less yellow, with reduced black areas. Males patrol for females. Females lay single eggs on undersides of host leaves. Chrysalids hibernate."
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Spotted on Nov 4, 2012
Submitted on Nov 5, 2012
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