Great Southern White Butterfly; Ascia monuste

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Great Southern White Butterfly Ascia monuste

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


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

Great Southern White Ascia monuste butterflies are abundant along the roadside and in fields in southern Florida and other extremely southern states of the United States.

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Great Southern White Butterfly; Ascia monuste

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