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 ...

Question: I see white butterflies landing on my kale, then later green caterpillars decimate the leaves. What do I need to do to stop this from happening, since I love kale? Answer: The arrival of ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- The caterpillar form of an unassuming, small, white butterfly is among the world's most invasive pests affecting agricultural crops, and a newly published paper by a consortium of ...

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, ...

Cruciferous plants, such as cabbage, rapeseed, horseradish or mustard, have a special defense strategy against herbivores called the "mustard oil bomb". They store glucosinolates as defensive ...

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.

13:12, Tue, May 13, 2025 Updated: 13:14, Tue, May 13, 2025 Spotting a caterpillar in your garden sometimes is not a healthy sign. Some caterpillars are serious plant pests – one of the most common ...

File photo: This was not the “first” cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae) of 2023. Distinguished Professor Art Shapiro spotted two this week. (Kathy Keatley Garvey/UC Davis) In between the rain and ...

Art Shapiro, professor of evolution and ecology, holds the first cabbage white butterfly found locally in 2019. (Kathy Keatley Garvey/UC Davis) Updated 9:30 a.m. Jan. 7: There’s still plenty of time ...

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 ...