Cabbage white butterflies – Pieris rapae – are one of the most common garden visitors across southern and eastern Australia. The butterfly looks elegant in white with black dots on its wings: females ...

‘N. Donaldtrumpi’ Is From the ‘Boharti’ — New species of moth recently discovered in our Bohart collection has presidential hair, says the Canadian scientist who named it. The emergence of the first ...

Engineers may be able to maximize solar energy to build cheaper and more efficient solar panels — with the help of the Cabbage White butterfly, scientifically known as Pieris rapae. The Cabbage White ...

The Cabbage White (Pieris rapae) was probably the first butterfly I ever noticed, long before I learned its name. This rather nondescript insect may be among the most familiar butterflies worldwide.

If you see a dainty white butterfly with black markings fluttering around in your yard this spring and summer, you might want to head over to your garden and check on your cabbage. Wait, my cabbage?

Pretty little creamy white butterflies are among the first butterflies to appear in the spring. They flitter in the gardens, landing on one plant for a bit and then skip off to another plant. Lubbock ...

Researchers report that larvae of the cabbage white butterfly use two gut enzymes to effectively disarm the mustard oil bomb, the major chemical defense system of their host plants. Cabbage white ...

A butterfly for a beer? Suds for a bug? The annual “Butterfly for a Beer” contest, sponsored by Art Shapiro, distinguished professor of evolution and ecology at the University of California, Davis, ...

The COVID-19 pandemic canceled the 2021 Beer-for-a-Butterfly Contest but sponsor Art Shapiro, UC Davis distinguished professor of evolution and ecology, found one for the record books. Shapiro spotted ...