Showing posts with label Small White Butterfly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Small White Butterfly. Show all posts

Monday, July 12, 2010

Butterfly Days


Pieris rapae, also known as the "Small White" or the Small Cabbage White. I found this one fluttering around my Cardomom (several plants of the genera Elettaria and Amomum in the ginger family Zingiberaceae) and, when it paused for a rest, I snuck in there for a few shots with the Nikon. Nothing rare, these butterflies are native to Europe and North Africa and have managed to become a minor pest on cabbages and cabbage-related plants worldwide. Even so, they are beautiful in an understated manner and generally not a problem in my, mostly cabbage-free yard.