Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Pieris rapae


Small White(english)
Blanquilla de la col(spanish)
Small White is a small to medium butterfly native to most of europa,north-africa and asia and is accidentally introduced in america,australia and new-zealand where it is a pest insect on cabbages and mustard family crops.Small White lays single to maximum three eggs on cabbage plants like colliflor and has in europa three to four flight periodes a year.Small White hibernates as a pupea in winter an can be found as butterfly in mild periodes.Small White's have natural enemy's like parasitic wasp's,ladybirds,harvestman,etc.The caterpillar's are green and found often hidden under the leaves so are difficult to find for the predator's.From Galicia 

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