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Anthocharis cardamines - Egg close-up 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. Anthocharis,Anthocharis cardamines,Eggs,Orange tip,Pieridae,nl: Oranjetipje Click/tap to enlarge

Anthocharis cardamines - Egg close-up

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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    Flown Kimmerling
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    Wonderfullll! <3 It is wild that you linked this yesterday as I JUST found this then! I'm wondering if it is an orangetip egg? Not exactly like yours but so many similarities (laid singly on a stem):
    Bucculatricidae cocoon? Cocoon on the stem of Pycnanthemum sp. At a mixed forest clearing.<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/115081/orangetip_butterfly_egg.html<br /> Geotagged,Spring,United States
     Posted 4 years ago, modified 4 years ago

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The Orange tip

The orange tip is a butterfly in the family Pieridae.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by Pudding4brains
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Uploaded May 11, 2019.
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