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Small white (klein koolwitje)

Pieris rapae

Description:

You can find them in plenty here, but still I found it no reason to ignore this fragile beauty.

Habitat:

my belgian backyard ;)

Notes:

I found this one in the garden

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
Green-veined White
Pieris napi Green-veined White


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6 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

I am still confident with Pieris napi...
http://www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/v...

Feedra Massart
Feedra Massart 11 years ago

thank you :D

Feedra Massart
Feedra Massart 11 years ago

it isn't, it's really a Pieris rapae but at the end of his(her) life. Then they become much paler. I study them a lot in the backyard.

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

Especially like the second photo

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

BTW, Welcome to Project Noah!!

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

I think it is Pieris napi, female. I found a perfect match:
http://www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/v...

Feedra Massart
Spotted by
Feedra Massart

Sint-Genesius-Rode, Vlaanderen, Belgium

Spotted on Aug 26, 2012
Submitted on Apr 16, 2013

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