#Pieris

[onenicebugperday]

do you have any factoids about the pieris genus? particularly pieris rapae cuz i named my after them :) my name is pae (pronounced like the english word "pay") taken from the end of their name

unrelated thing about my name but it's unintentionally an anagram for "ape" which is fun because i'm interested in nonhuman primates

weeble for your troubles

Honestly I don't know much about them beyond what you can read on their wikipedia page! So I'm sorry I can't share any fun facts but I can share a few nice photos for you to enjoy! These are all Pieris rapae although all flutterbies in Pieris are lovely

Fuzzy lil caterpillar up close!!! Photo by flossiepip

Less close but still good. They are SO fuzzy and adorable. Photo by matt227

A nice yellow adult by Judy Gallagher

Chrysalises can be brown, tan, green, yellow, or a combination of those, so here's a couple:

Photos by jacqui-nz and jellyelfhomestead

And finally the egg!

Obviously this is an extreme close up, and they're VERY tiny...like 1mm. Photo by Gilles San Martin

[coolbugs]

Bug of the Day

Some say that moths are just nighttime butterflies, but here is an actual nighttime butterfly - a cabbage white, Pieris rapae - that I caught with the flashlight, hanging out on my joe-pye-weed. What a cute little jerk-eating-my-brassicas :-).

[ancientstarrydynamo]

Pieris -- Pink and White

[japanese-plants]

Japanese Andromeda by Mitsumi Takada (1983-)

[musicandgallery]

Pieris, the garden whites butterfly

[4r0m4nt1s]

A pieris butterfly enjoying a sippy sip!

Uusimaa, Finland, 2022

@onenicebugperday might you be able to tell which pieris we have here? I don't trust my ability to id them further than the genus.

[coffeenuts]

[patrick6904]

Un piéridé savoure une fleur...

[weeklythings]

🦋 lepidopteran of the week: Pieris rapae

aka. small white, white butterfly, cabbage butterfly, small cabbage white, cabbage white. native to europe, asia and north africa. its caterpillar feeds on cabbages.

[forumelettrico]

La stazione di ricarica per veicoli elettrici Be Charge Fast presso il Municipio di San Canzian d'Isonzo GO in frazione Pieris: dotata di due connettori CCS Combo 2 ed un Tipo 2, in centro del paese https://www.forumelettrico.it/forum/collonina-be-charge-pieris-go-t24794.html #Pieris #SanCanziandIsonzo #gorizia #becharge

[siegetheartist]

Contemporary Landscape - Landscape

Inspiration for a sizable modern garden path on the yard's sunny side.

[onenicebugperday]

@chaotic-cuttlefish submitted: Hi! A few days ago I found several small green caterpillars chomping on the collard greens i'm growing for my turtle, so i collected them and put them in a little container with some of the more chomped-on collard leaves, and one of them seems to be starting to pupate - I'd love to know what kind of friends these are! (I'm in northeastern IL)

Hello! Criminals eating your collard greens!!! They appear to be cabbage whites, Pieris rapae. They are not native but they are literally all over so nothing to be done except remove them if you don't want them nibbling your turtle's foods.

[meeeeeeeep78]

did some oc bust shots ,, (painfully low quality) close ups under the cut

[ancientstarrydynamo]

Pieris

[japanese-plants]

Japanese Andromeda ink painting by Katsushi Fukuta 彩墨画「馬酔木（アセビ）」福田勝司筆

[aominestetsu]

Traditional Landscape An example of a mid-sized traditional shade backyard stone water fountain landscape in summer.