I’m Just A Lowly Cabbage White, But I’m A Pretty Cabbage White

May 26th, 2012. The Cabbage White (Pieris rapae) butterfly is quite common. It occurs throughout Georgia from mid-March to early November. For all that, it’s not an easy butterfly to photograph. It tends to be on the move so we took the opportunity to photograph one that was feeding on wildflowers in the Scull Shoals Experimental Forest in Greene County, Georgia.

In the sun…

In the shade…

Up close.

It was nice to have an opportunity to see this common but somewhat elusive butterfly up close.
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Identification resources:
- Butterflies and Moths of North America: Cabbage White (Pieris rapae)
- BugGuide: Cabbage White (Pieris rapae) [Male] [Female] [Side]

Related post:
- Butterfly: Cabbage White (Pieris rapae)

Butterfly: Cabbage White (Pieris rapae)

I’m normally not a big fan of white and yellow butterflies. They are continually on the move and don’t settle long enough to be photographed and identified. But I couldn’t resist the opportunity to photograph this one that was working flowers in a small area. It worked back and forth between different flowers and, although I had to stalk it for a while, I got a couple of good pictures.


Identification resources:
- West Central Georgia Butterflies by Michael Beohm: Cabbage White (Pieris rapae)
- BugGuide: Cabbage White (Pieris rapae)
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