Updated 8 p.m. Feb. 3: Professor Art Shapiro officially closed his Beer for a Butterfly contest tonight without a winner for the first time in the contest’s 49-year history. For the “complicated” ...

File photo: This was not the “first” cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae) of 2023. Distinguished Professor Art Shapiro spotted two this week. (Kathy Keatley Garvey/UC Davis) In between the rain and ...

Wikipedia sums it up nicely: “Pieris rapae is widespread in Europe and Asia; it is believed to have originated in the Eastern Mediterranean region of Europe, and to have spread across Eurasia ...

The researchers estimate that mating just two or three times provides enough protein for up to 40 percent of her eggs. In other words, she is getting what she needs and moving on.

Cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae) larvae can wreak havoc in the vegie garden, but in spite of this, Jerry chooses not to spray them. Pests have adapted to exploit food opportunities and they ...

Survival of artificial cohorts of larvae of the imported cabbageworm, Pieris rapae (L.), was assessed in a collard (Brassica oleracea L., var. acephala) patch on an organic vegetable farm in western ...

Cabbage white butterflies – Pieris rapae – are one of the most common garden visitors across southern and eastern Australia. ... One female can lay up to 800 eggs.

Engineers may be able to maximize solar energy to build cheaper and more efficient solar panels — with the help of the Cabbage White butterfly, scientifically known as Pieris rapae.. The Cabbage ...