Tag Archives: Cabbage Whites mating

07.05.2022 “I’m available”

Posted on July 5, 2022 by Steve Gingold

Cabbage White butterflies-Pieris rapae are mostly in constant motion. But they do alight on flowers at times and as I was checking out our milkweed in the front yard I noticed this female land on one of our geraniums. As … Continue reading →

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08.10.2021 Tuesday Twosome PG-13

Posted on August 10, 2021 by Steve Gingold

I came upon these two doing their best to assure that there will be more Cabbage White butterflies-Pieris rapae  next year. I guess eye contact isn’t that big a deal in the insect world.

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