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 ...

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 ...

Parasitoid larvae that feed within caterpillars that eat cabbage plants influence the plant via the caterpillar, making the cabbage plant an unattractive prospect for moths looking for a spot to lay ...

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 ...

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 ...

Finding a caterpillar in your garden isn't always a welcome sight, as some can be voracious pests. One of the most common garden caterpillars, that of the cabbage white butterfly, is notorious for ...

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 ...