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White Cabbage Caterpillar

Pieris rapae

Description:

Larva of a parasitic Wasp emerging from the White Cabbage Butterfly Caterpillar (Pieris Rapae).

Habitat:

In my garden - the butterflies lay their eggs on the leaves of our nastursiums which the caterpillars feed.

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1 Comment

Sckel
Sckel 10 years ago

I think this is a caterpillar Ascia.

lari28b
Spotted by
lari28b

Ireland

Spotted on Sep 9, 2013
Submitted on Oct 20, 2013

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