Cabbage, or White cabbage (Pieris brassicae L.). Diurnal butterfly from the family Belyanok (Pieridae). Bright white or bright yellow wings with small black spots on the ends of the wings. Cabbage feeds on all types of crops, not just cabbage.
Interestingly, only males of this species are honored to wear even spots. Females are usually light yellow in color.
Description and classification
The cabbage white is a medium-sized butterfly (wingspan 6-7 cm). The caterpillar reaches 3.5 cm, has 16 legs, is greenish-yellow in color with sparse black hairs and dots. It produces 2 generations per year. Pupae overwinter.
Butterflies fly from April to June, at which time they lay their eggs on various wild cruciferous plants, the leaves of which the caterpillars feed on. This generation does little harm.
By the middle of summer, the caterpillars begin to pupate, and at the end of July and August, the second generation of cabbage worms appears, which flies until September. Butterflies of this generation lay their eggs on turnips, cabbage, radishes, rapeseed, mustard, etc. The new generation of caterpillars eats the above plants in gardens, sometimes completely.
This species also has natural enemies, for example, the rider beetle. He lays his larva right into the cocoon of the butterfly, where she eats the future butterfly from the inside. Birds also prefer cabbage butterflies as a nutritious diet.
Read more:
English 
Russian 
Czech 
Danish 
German 
French 
Italian 
Spanish