Great image, Frank!  Those little guys are hard to catch on (digital) film.

I have lots of them in my yard, but they lack the color that yours
shows  Mine are white with a few black or grey spots,  Perhaps yours
is a Dixeia:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixeia

Dan
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola



On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 8:02 AM, frank theriault
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> At least I think it's a cabbage white.  Thought of as a pest, these
> were introduced from Europe into what is now Quebec in the 1800s.
> Called "cabbage" white because that's what they eat:  Cabbage along
> with other farmers' crops (hence the "pest" status).  Still, these
> small (about 1 1/2 inches) guys are cute, I think:
>
> http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/little-white-butterfly.html
>
> Hope you enjoy.  Comments welcome.
>
> cheers,
> frank
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