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Great Southern White   Ascia monuste

Host plant: mustard family (Virginia Peppergrass, Tansy Mustard, Mustard Greens, Cabbage, and more).

Click on any Great Southern White photo to enlarge.

Great Southern White
butterfly antennae tips are blue.
A female roosting.
Pairing (mating)
Great Southern Whites
Great Southern White laying eggs
Eggs on broad leaf mustard.
Hatchlings and egg.
A microscopic view of
Great Southern White eggs.

Caterpillars emerging
from their eggs.

Young caterpillars eating
Virginia peppergrass.

Caterpillars eating seed
of Virginia peppergrass
A molted caterpillar
its old skin is to the left
Side view of a
late instar caterpillar
Tansy Mustard
Descurainia pinnata
and Great Southern White
caterpillar

Chrysalis of a
Great Southern White butterfly
Drinking nectar from lantana
Females are darker than males
The female is below
Resting butterflies
Drinking nectar from lantana