cabbage butterfly
White garden flutterer
A cabbage butterfly is a common white or pale yellow butterfly whose caterpillars feed voraciously on cabbage, broccoli, and other plants in the mustard family.
The adults have black-tipped wings and are often seen fluttering around vegetable gardens in spring and summer.
Gardeners consider them pests because the green larvae, called cabbageworms, can devastate crops.
The cabbage butterflies have been at my kale again.
Limbs for flight
- antennaeSensory appendages on insects
- lepidopteraButterfly and moth order
- caterpillarMoth or butterfly young
- larvaeImmature metamorphosing creatures
pupa · chrysalis · flutter · white · scales · flight · proboscis · compound eyes
Profound biological restructuring
- caterpillarMoth or butterfly young
- chrysalisPupal casing for metamorphosis
- pupaInsect's resting stage
- larvaImmature feeding stage
egg · instar · molting · imago · transformation · pupation · hatching · overwintering
Cruciferous vegetable genus
- kaleLoose-leafed cabbage relative
- broccoliCruciferous vegetable with florets
- cauliflowerCompact white vegetable head
- Brussels sproutsMiniature cabbage-like vegetables
crop damage · infestation · holes · larvae · pest control · netting · row covers · organic gardening
Floral sugar water
- foragingSeeking wild food sources
- pollenFloral reproductive grains
- cross-pollinationFertilization between different plants
- wildflowersUncultivated flowering plants
meadow · garden flowers · floral · ecosystem · beneficial insect
wings
Limbs for flight
- antennaeSensory appendages on insects
- lepidopteraButterfly and moth order
- caterpillarMoth or butterfly young
larvae · pupa · chrysalis · flutter · white · scales · flight · proboscis · compound eyes · invertebrate
metamorphosis
Profound biological restructuring
- caterpillarMoth or butterfly young
- chrysalisPupal casing for metamorphosis
- pupaInsect's resting stage
larva · egg · instar · molting · imago · transformation · pupation · hatching · overwintering · generation
brassica
Cruciferous vegetable genus
- kaleLoose-leafed cabbage relative
- broccoliCruciferous vegetable with florets
- cauliflowerCompact white vegetable head
Brussels sprouts · crop damage · infestation · holes · larvae · pest control · netting · row covers · organic gardening · companion planting
nectar
Floral sugar water
- foragingSeeking wild food sources
- pollenFloral reproductive grains
- cross-pollinationFertilization between different plants
wildflowers · meadow · garden flowers · floral · ecosystem · beneficial insect
- cabbage pests
cabbage butterflyhoneybee
Nectar-gathering social insect
ladybug · beneficial insect · pollinator · praying mantis · lacewing
cabbage butterflymoth
Night-flying lepidopteran
cabbage moth · hawk moth · luna moth · clothes moth · gypsy moth