Fauna of Saskatchewan 3

Cabbage White Butterfly
Pieris rapae


Location: Wascana March








Interesting facts:

- Among the first butterfly to appear in the spring.
- White butterflies are not eaten by predators because of their bad taste.
- White butterflies prefer mustards as their food plants. They find plants in the mustard family with the help of chemicals and colours.
- These butterflies bask in the sun in a unique position. They orient their wings toward the sun at an angle so that rays are reflected off their white wings and onto their darker bodies.