Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 1105 No. 1105 |
Pieris rapae, the small white, is a small- to medium-sized butterfly species of the whites-and-yellows family Pieridae. It is also known as the small cabbage white and in New Zealand, simply as white butterfly. The names "cabbage butterfly" and "cabbage white" can also refer to the large white. The butterfly can be distinguished by the white color with small black dots on its wings. They are further distinguished by the smaller size and lack of the...
Ancestry Graph
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click large-white href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/butterflies-and-moths/whites-yellows-and-sulphurs/large-white/"
click small-white href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/butterflies-and-moths/whites-yellows-and-sulphurs/small-white/"
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This is not intended to be a dry lexicon. Personal stories and sensitive articles form the framework for our pictures: „Fabulously red against clichés“
There are many prejudices about insects. Bernd, the fire bug says "Don't believe everything you hear!"
