Comments on: Small White / Cabbage White Butterfly

by: alicia

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:17:50 +0000

Help-
My daughter caught one of these ( at least I am pretty sure it is a cabbage white). It layed eggs and they hatched. Now I have lots of tiny little caterpillars. How can I be sure to take proper care of these so they grow into butterflies?

by: Sara @ Farming Friends

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 08:11:03 +0000

Hi Fiona,
I had noticed the spots but didn’t realise there where different numbers to distinguish the gender. It’s all fascinating stuff!
Thanks for visiting and commenting.
Sara @ farmingfriends

by: Sara @ Farming Friends

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 08:05:33 +0000

Hi Mel,
Thanks for the compliment about the post.Topveg gave me a great tip about putting egg shells near the brassicas so that the butterflies think that the shell is another butterfly and they move away - abit like a scarecrow but an eggcrow!! Here is the link http://topveg.com/2007/07/31/how-to-protect-brassicas-from-cabbage-white-butterflies/ and here is another link with lots of help about pest control of cabbage white butterflies
http://topveg.com/2007/05/12/cabbage-white-butterfly/
Hope this helps.
Sara @ farmingfriends

by: Sara @ Farming Friends

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 08:00:39 +0000

Hi Libby,
We get so many cabbage whites in the field margins and the veg garden.
Sara @ farmingfriends

by: Cottage Smallholder

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:55:16 +0000

I have never noticed the spots! These attack the purple sprouting broccoli every year grrrr..

by: Mel Rimmer

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 20:47:34 +0000

This is fascinating and erudite - but how do you keep them off your cabbages?

by: Libby

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:56:00 +0000

Don’t they sneak in when you least expect it!!!