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Anthocharis cardamines - Egg n aphids The female Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines) will usually lay just one egg on a plant and signal with feromones that the plant is "taken" to warn off other females, assuring that the caterpillar will have the plant to itself and thus will have enough food to complete its development.   Alliaria petiolata,Anthocharis,Anthocharis cardamines,Orange tip,Pieridae,eggs,nl: Oranjetipje Click/tap to enlarge

Anthocharis cardamines - Egg n aphids

The female Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines) will usually lay just one egg on a plant and signal with feromones that the plant is "taken" to warn off other females, assuring that the caterpillar will have the plant to itself and thus will have enough food to complete its development.

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The orange tip is a butterfly in the family Pieridae.

Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by Pudding4brains
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By Pudding4brains

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Uploaded May 11, 2019.