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Why do cabbage white butterflies lay their eggs on cabbage leaves?
To get their children to eat cabbage.
Will the cabbage white butterfly eat spinach?
Cabbage white butterflies do not eat spinach OR lettuce most likely because of smell or taste
What do cabbage white butterflies eat?
Cabbage white butterflies primarily feed on nectar from various flowering plants. In their caterpillar stage, they feed on brassica plants, including cabbage, broccoli, and kale, which gives them their common name.
What are cabbage white butterflies predators?
Cabbage white butterflies have various predators, including birds such as sparrows, finches, and robins. Insects like dragonflies, spiders, and wasps also feed on cabbage white butterfly eggs and caterpillars. Additionally, small mammals like shrews and mice may prey on these butterflies.
Can you feed your small white cabbage butterflies fruit?
I'm usually trying to get the small white cabbage butterfly to vacate my garden, as their babies eat all the cabbage relatives plus a few other vegetables. As adults they get food from flower nectar. If you see the white cabbage on fruit, there is no reason not to let them partake of the sweetness. The female can live up to 3 weeks.
What do Cabbageworms eat?
Cabbageworms are the larvae of butterflies, specifically the Cabbage White butterfly. They primarily feed on plants in the Brassica family, which includes crops like cabbage, broccoli, kale, and cauliflower. Cabbageworms can cause damage to these plants by eating the leaves.
What are those white butterflies that you see flying everywhere?
It depends upon where you live. In many parts of the world, the white butterflies flying around are Cabbage White butterflies. In southern Florida, it would be the Great Southern White butterfly. Another white butterfly species that flies around the sides of the road in the US are Checkered White butterflies.
How long do cabbage butterflies live?
The cabbage white butterfly only lives for a short period of about two weeks after they emerge from the chrysalis. They have lovely white wings that are edged in charcoal gray.
Why do the cabbage white larvae not eat the leaves of spinach and lettuce plants?
because cabbage is the only thing they can eat
Do cabbage white caterpillars eat greenfly?
Nope :)
Is the cabbage white butterfly good or bad?
It depends. If you're making a garden, yes. If you don't like butterflies, then no.
Why do small white butterflies fly in pairs?
White Butterflies (also called Cabbage Butterflies) generally fly is pair during the mating season. Flying round each other is a sort of mating ritual, whereby a suitable mate is chosen for reproduction.
