As kids, we always called this Small White Butterfly a cabbage moth. My dad had wonderful vegetable gardens and – cringe – he had us using our tennis racquets as weapons of mass destruction when these butterflies came to lay eggs.

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These days, they get free rein in my garden, no matter what their caterpillars eat. Here, it is in the abelia bush.

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Thanks for looking. Stay safe.

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Butterflies & Moths

Pieris rapae: small cabbage white butterfly

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        • Thanks for your kind thoughts. My husband and I live in a small rural town, on the outskirts. Being at home, under the same rules as you posted for Portugal, isn’t onerous, for we were homebodies anyway – when we weren’t out with the camper-trailer. We can handle two weeks between shopping trips, easily. Take care. 🙂

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          • That’s good to hear . . . we are now in England so have placed ourselves under complete lockdown. Not been out for weeks, thank goodness for the internet and all the fabulous people doing food deliveries.

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  4. sue says:

    Good Luck BeckyB – stay inside, it’s not worth going out. I can’t understand the mentality of some people in Sydney & Melbourne who decided they wanted to go to the beach when they were told not to. Keep safe everybody.

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